Parsons v. Hecla Iron Works
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by an employee of the Whittier Machine Company for injuries from the falling upon him of a staging used by the employees of the Hecla Iron Works through the alleged negligence of the servants of that corporation. Writ dated April 17, 1900. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Fessenden, J., who ruled as stated in the opinion. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
This is an action to recover compensation for injuries caused by a staging falling on the plaintiff. The plaintiff was employed by the Whittier Machine Company, and the staging was erected by the defendant the Hecla Iron Works. Both the Whittier Machine Company and the Hecla Iron Works were at work in the construction of a building which was in process of erection, the Whittier Machine Company putting elevator cars in three elevator wells and the defendant iron works (among other work) putting iron panels on the outside of the same three elevator wells.
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