O'Sullivan v. J. S. Stearns Lumber Co.

Upon a complaint charging, among other grounds of negligence, the failure to provide a competent employee to perform the work of keeping an edging machine clear of refuse, and the employment of one Hilmer Johnson, of immature years and judgment and lacking- in skill and experience, for that purpose, the jury after trial and hearing, by special verdict, found Hilmer Johnson incompetent, which incompetency was the proximate cause of the injury in question, and that the defendant had knowledge of such incompetency at the time of the injury. The injury occurred on June 20, 1911, in consequence of…