Jordan v. Velozo

Under leave reserved pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 120, the trial judge, after a verdict for the plaintiff, ordered a verdict to be entered for the defendant. The plaintiff’s exception to this order must be sustained. We are unable to distinguish the case on this point from the decision in Boyd v. Taylor, 195 Mass. 272, which we regard as controlling. It was there held, on evidence substantially the same as that in the case before us, that a jury would be justified in finding the employer negligent in failing to warn the employee of dangers attending the operation of the sausage machine. A…