Peterson v. Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co.

ARCHBARD, District Judge.1

The ground of the defendants’ liability is a narrow one. The plaintiff, who was employed as a laborer at their works, was engaged in the somewhat ordinary task of making whitewash from unslacked lime. He was using a sheet-iron can or drum, about the size of a barrel, and, after the lime had slacked a little, incautiously pouring in a second supply of water and stirring it around with a stick as he stood over it, the lime exploded in his face and burned out his eyes. The jury have found that, on account of the danger involved in the process, particularly where such a…