Paige v. State

Pursuant to a conviction and sentence by a Police Court, the claimant, at the age of twenty, was confined as a prisoner in a reformatory owned and conducted by a private corporation. On November 10, 1932, the day following her incarceration under the sentence, she was set at work in the ironing room to iron by hand. Later in the same day she was directed by the person in charge to work on a power press or ironing machine. She continued to operate this machine until her hand and arm were caught in the machine, and she suffered severe injuries.

The machine in question was driven by electric…