Neagle v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by a freight handler for personal injuries sustained on April 25, 1906, when the plaintiff was employed in a freight yard of the defendant, the first count of the declaration being at common law and alleging that the defendant put the plaintiff at work in a dangerous and unsafe place, the second count under the employers’ liability act alleging a defect in the ways, works or machinery of the defendant, the third count also under that act alleging negligence of a…
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Tort by a freight handler for personal injuries sustained on April 25, 1906, when the plaintiff was employed in a freight yard of the defendant, the first count of the declaration being at common law and alleging that the defendant put the plaintiff at work in a dangerous and unsafe place, the second count under the employers’ liability act alleging a defect in the ways, works or machinery of the defendant, the third count also under that act alleging negligence of a superintendent, and the fourth count at common law alleging negligence of the defendant’s servants. Writ dated July 2,1906. In…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a freight handler, and at the time of the accident was engaged in loading freight from the freight house into cars. There were four tracks laid parallel with the house, and in carrying the freight to the cars upon the outer tracks the course of business was to use the intervening cars as a bridge. Skids, or riseboards as they are sometimes called, were placed from the house to the first car and between cars on the intervening tracks. The plaintiff was directed to assist in loading a car upon the fourth track, and while he, in obedience to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Murphy v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Silvia v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Hayes v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
3Cited by4 opinions
- Greem v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Cuozzo v. Clyde Steamship Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Kenneally v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Cutcliffe v. Harry D. McIntosh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918