Disalets v. International Paper Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff by having his hand and arm drawn in between the calender rolls of a paper machine, while in the employ of the defendant in its mill at Berlin. Trial by jury a'nd verdict for the plaintiff.
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Case, for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff by having his hand and arm drawn in between the calender rolls of a paper machine, while in the employ of the defendant in its mill at Berlin. Trial by jury a'nd verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the December term, 1906, of the superior court by Stone, J. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove the following facts: For more than a year the plaintiff had worked as fourth hand on the machine at which he was injured. It was one of his duties as fourth hand to oil the calender rolls of that machine while they were in motion, and he…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The defendant’s motions for a nonsuit and for a verdict were properly denied. The plaintiff was properly allowed to introduce evidence tending to show that it required some degree of skill to safely remove the paper that accumulated on the rolls when there'was a break, and that observation of how it was done by those who had had experience in the work, or instruction by competent persons, was reasonably necessary before a person of the plaintiff’s age, understanding, and mental acuteness would discover the proper and safe way of doing the work. The evidence also authorized the inference that…
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