English v. Amidon
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Cask, for personal injuries. Trial by jury. At the September term, 1902, of the superior court the defendants’ motion for a non-suit was granted by Peaslee J., and the plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion
The defendants' motion for a rehearing must be denied. It was their non-delegable duty to provide reasonably safe stairs for use in the night-time; that is, adequate instrumentalities or means for the reasonably safe exit of their men from the factory. If at the time of the accident light was essential to such use, — if the danger incident to the defective stairs could have been obviated by artificial lighting, — the duty to furnish the necessary light, or in some way to guard against the apparent danger, was no more a delegable duty than the duty to maintain stairs of sufficient strength to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kaare v. Troy Steel & Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
- New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. PerrigueyIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
- Collins v. St. Paul & Sioux City RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- McLaine v. Head & Dowst Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1902
- Manning v. Manchester MillsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1900
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