Huizega v. Cutler & Savidge Lumber Co.

The plaintiff in this case, while in the employ of the defendant, was seriously injured by accidentally coming in contact with some of the machinery in the defendant’s saw-mill, when he was at work under the direction of the head sawyer in the mill. At the time the injury occurred he was, under the direction of the sawyer, removing a slab from some gearing that extended up through the floor two or three feet, and a portion of his pants caught in some cogs that were uncovered, and his leg was drawn thereby between the wheels and severely lacerated. From this injury he underwent great suffering…