Whalen v. Rosnosky
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, by an employee against his employer to recover for personal injuries. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk dated March 1, 1904. There was a trial before Harris, J. The facts introduced in evidence are stated in the opinion.
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Tort, by an employee against his employer to recover for personal injuries. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Suffolk dated March 1, 1904. There was a trial before Harris, J. The facts introduced in evidence are stated in the opinion. The facts relative to the questions to the plaintiff’s expert, mentioned in the last paragraph of the opinion, were as follows: One Pinel, a manufacturer of granite tools, testified that he had had experience with reference to the quality of iron and steel used in tools, and that when the hatchet used by the plaintiff was struck on the head by the…
1Opinion of the CourtRtjgg, J.
The plaintiff was a bright boy seventeen years old. He began to work for the defendant as an errand boy on the morning of the day of his injury. After going on errands, he was told by the defendant to open some wooden packing cases, and was given as tools with which to do it a hammer and hatchet, which were described by a witness called by the plaintiff as “good, fair, ordinary trade” hatchet and hammer. The defendant told him that he could get the cover off quicker by hitting the hatchet under the cover. After a few strokes, a piece of steel flew off and injured the plaintiff’s eye. He was…
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