Hawkes v. Broadwalk Shoe Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on January 19,1909, while in the employ of the defendant. Writ in the Central District Court of Northern Essex dated February 9, 1909. The declaration was in one count alleging that the plaintiff was injured by falling upon a certain flight of steps at the factory on River Street in Haverhill where the plaintiff was employed, by reason of a dangerous accumulation of ice and snow which the defendant negligently had failed…
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on January 19,1909, while in the employ of the defendant. Writ in the Central District Court of Northern Essex dated February 9, 1909. The declaration was in one count alleging that the plaintiff was injured by falling upon a certain flight of steps at the factory on River Street in Haverhill where the plaintiff was employed, by reason of a dangerous accumulation of ice and snow which the defendant negligently had failed to remove. The defendant filed a statement in writing waiving any defense it might have by reason of the contributory…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This action is brought against the plaintiff’s employer to recover for an injury received by falling upon a stairway which is alleged to have been slippery and dangerous from an accumulation of snow and ice upon it. The defendant occupied the second story of a three story building, as a tenant at will of the owner. The first and third stories were occupied by other tenants at will. The tenant of the third floor had a right to use, in common with the defendant, an interior stairway leading down to a doorway opening upon a platform outside of the building. From this platform steps, ten in…
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