Jarvis v. Erwin Cotton Mills Co.

What duty is imposed upon an employer with reference to tbe sufficiency of help furnished an employee? The general rule is that it is the duty of an employer of labor to exercise ordinary care in furnishing to an employee adequate help or assistance in the performance of the wort required of such employee. This duty is primary and nondelegable and ranks in importance with the duty of an employer to exercise ordinary care in furnishing a safe place to work. The question has been considered by this Court in many decisions, notably the following: Bryan v. R. R., 128 N. C., 387; Shaw v. Mfg. Co.,…