Hofnauer v. R. H. White Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort against the E. H. White Company, a corporation maintaining a department store in Boston, for personal injuries, with counts at common law and under the employers’ liability act as stated in the opinion. Writ in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston dated November 21, 1901. On appeal to the Superior Court the case was tried before Pierce, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
This is an'action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff while employed as a saleswoman of the defendant, for which she had been working at the time of the accident during a period of more than two years. It appears to have been a part of her duty to show those who might become purchasers certain medicine chests, that were placed on a shelf which was of a width of two and one half feet, and of the total length of sixty feet, while its height from the floor was six and one half feet. When in position on the side of the room it was supported by posts about…
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