Ruddy v. George F. Blake Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tobt for personal injuries sustained by-the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant at its foundry at East Cambridge on October 14,1903, by reason of one of his hands being caught and crushed between a car about which lie was working and the door of an oven, with two counts, both at common law, the first alleging that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by reason of the negligence of the defendant, through its agents and servants, in failing to supply him with safe…
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Tobt for personal injuries sustained by-the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant at its foundry at East Cambridge on October 14,1903, by reason of one of his hands being caught and crushed between a car about which lie was working and the door of an oven, with two counts, both at common law, the first alleging that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by reason of the negligence of the defendant, through its agents and servants, in failing to supply him with safe and suitable apparatus, tools and appliances for the performance of the work upon which he was engaged, and the second…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
It was the defendant’s duty to furnish suitable appliances for the plaintiff’s use in the performance of his work, and to keep them in proper repair. In the management of its business, while the supervision of details could be left to competent subordinates, this requirement could not so be delegated as *179to relieve the defendant from responsibility for injuries caused its servants by defective permanent machinery or appliances, where by the exercise of reasonable diligence it should have known of and remedied the defect. Rogers v. Ludlow Manuf. Co. 144 Mass. 198. Feeney v. York Manuf. Co. 189…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Hill v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Finnegan v. Winslow Skate Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Ferren v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Feeney v. York Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Freeman v. United Fruit Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- d'Almeida v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Carpenter v. Sinclair Refining Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Walkden's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Souden v. Fore River Ship Building Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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