Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort under R. L. c. 106, § 71, cl. 1, for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff while in the defendant’s employ. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Bristol dated November 13, 1906. There was a trial before Schofield, J., and a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant alleged exceptions. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
This is an action of tort brought under the employers’ liability act, for injuries occasioned to the plaintiff while an operator in the weave room of the defendant’s cotton mill, and alleged to have been caused by a defect in its ways, works and machinery. The plaintiff had been at work for the defendant for about thirteen years previous to the accident. One of the machines upon which she worked was a Mason loom, which had been in use a good many years. It was started and stopped by a shipper, which moved the belt on to and from a tight and a loose pulley. The plaintiff testified, in…
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