Caldwell-Watson F. & M. Co. v. Watson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Action by Frederick Watson against the Caldwell-Watson Foundry & Machine Company, for damages for injury received while in its employment. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts of the case sufficiently appear from the opinion.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Action by Frederick Watson against the Caldwell-Watson Foundry & Machine Company, for damages for injury received while in its employment. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The facts of the case sufficiently appear from the opinion. The following charges were refused the defendant: “(2) If you believe from the evidence in this case that the defendants exercised such care in furnishing a hydraulic press as any other reasonably prudent employer would have exercised under similar circumstances, you cannot find that they were negligent in or about…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
— This case was tried upon count 1 of the complaint, and which is a defect count, under subdivision 1 of section 3910 of the Code of 1907, and is predicated upon a defective hydraulic press, which was a part of the defendant’s plant or machinery, etc. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that he was injured by a pin, plug, or screw, which flew out and hit him on the leg, fracturing the bone, and that there was an inherent defect in said press, in that it contained a certain hole which was not necessary, or, if necessary, that it could have been forced instead of straight, and would have…
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