King v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiow to recover for physical injuries caused by alleged negligence on the part of defendant, tried before bis Honor II. W. Whed-bee, J., and a jury, at June Term, 1917, of Edgecombe. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, on motion, there was judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
In Rodgerson v. Ilontz, at the present term, the Court has held, in approving the decision of Wright v. Thompson, 171 N. C., 88, and other cases, that where an employee was injured by reason of defective tools supplied him, the employer was not necessarily relieved of all responsibility merely because the tools were of simple structure, but in case there was negligent default in the respects suggested on the part of the employer, and the defect was of a kind importing menace of substantial injury, having due regard to the nature of the work and the manner of doing it; and it was further shown…
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