Pettingill v. William Porter & Son, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tost for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while at work in the defendant’s factory in the employ of an independent contractor, as stated in the opinion. Writ dated May 5, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Chase, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Tost for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while at work in the defendant’s factory in the employ of an independent contractor, as stated in the opinion. Writ dated May 5, 1911. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Chase, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. The evidence admitted subject to the defendant’s exceptions and referred to in the last paragraph of the opinion was testimony of one Angus G. McDonald, a member of the district police of the Commonwealth assigned to factory inspection who was a witness for the plaintiff. He had testified without…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The plaintiff, who was in the employ of an independent contractor, was injured, while at work in the defendant’s *349factory, by reason of his clothing being caught upon a revolving set screw which projected about half an inch and held in place a collar upon a line of shafting. He testified that he never had seen this shafting when not in motion, and did not know of the existence of the set screw before the accident. There was evidence to show that the set screw looked dirty and greasy and was covered with lint and oil. There was further evidence to show that when the shafting was at rest the set…
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