Ford v. Eastern Bridge & Structural Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, against a corporation engaged in the manufacture of bridge building materials and bridges, for personal injuries incurred on September 22,1905, while in the defendant’s employ from the breaking of a chain by which heavy iron trusses were being lifted, with three counts, the first at common law alleging negligence of the defendant in adopting and maintaining an insufficient chain as part of its apparatus, the second under the employers’ liability act alleging negligence…
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Tort, against a corporation engaged in the manufacture of bridge building materials and bridges, for personal injuries incurred on September 22,1905, while in the defendant’s employ from the breaking of a chain by which heavy iron trusses were being lifted, with three counts, the first at common law alleging negligence of the defendant in adopting and maintaining an insufficient chain as part of its apparatus, the second under the employers’ liability act alleging negligence of a superintendent, and the third also under the employers’ liability act alleging a defect in the ways, works or…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
In the case at bar the plaintiff was working for the defendant with one Damouchelle, a fellow servant. In order *91to raise two iron trusses, Damouchelle took a chain lying on the floor and generally used every day, passed it around them, hooked on the fall and directed the plaintiff to pull on one end of the trusses as they were raised by the engine. When the trusses had been hoisted about a foot off the floor, one of the links of the chain broke and the end of the trusses struck the plaintiff, causing the injury here complained of. There was evidence that the link which broke was crystallized…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Thyng v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Miller v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Young v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
3Cited by8 opinions
- Doherty v. BoothMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Jellow v. Fore River Ship Building Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Donahue v. C. H. Buck & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Morena v. WinstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Rosseau v. DeschenesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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