Lacasse Ex Rel. Lacasse v. Atwood

The negligence charged against the defendant is failure to warn the plaintiff, a boy of sixteen years, of the dangers of the work he was directed to perform and to instruct him 1 w ■> avoid injury therefrom.

It appears to be conceded there was evidence of such negligence. The defendant contends that it conclusively appears that tue plaintiff’s want of care contributed to his injury. The plaintiff was engaged in passing box covers through a rabbeting machine which cut a groove in the under side of the boards. To effect this it was necessary to press the board firmly upon the table through which…