Amero v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendants, who were the trustees of a voluntary association called the New England Gas and Coke Company, at about 4.30 A. M. on April 20, 1906. Writ dated July 18, 1906. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Fox, J., who at the close of the evidence, which is described in the opinion, ordered a verdict for the defendants. The plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while in the defendants’ employ.
The first and second counts of the declaration are based upon the employers’ liability act, and the third count is at common law.
The defendants were engaged in the manufacture of coke from coal, at their plant in Everett, and at the time of the accident the plaintiff was carrying mortar in a wheelbarrow from the ovens over an elevated platform to the end of the platform where it was deposited. The mortar thus being removed had been used during the process of making the coke to…
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