Jones v. Wood

On March 27, 1944, the defendants were the owners of a four story building on Southbridge Street, Worcester, and the plaintiff was an employee of Barry Tool & Specialty Company, a tenant of a portion of the third floor. On that day the plaintiff, while carrying a package which had been shipped to his employer, stepped into an open freight elevator shaft through a doorway leading off a common passageway on the first floor, and was hurt. This action of tort is brought for the benefit of the workmen’s compensation insurer and the plaintiff. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, § 15, as appearing in St.…