Schliermann v. Hammond Typewriter Co.

The plaintiff sued to recover §25,000, damages for injuries sustained on August 12, 1891, at the factory of the defendant in this city, where he was employed to assist in its work. On the day in question, by the direction of the defendant’s superintendent, he was working on a milling machine, on which there was a circular saw for cutting material used by the -defendant in its business. At the time of the injury the plaintiff was nearly eighteen years of age, and had worked in other factories for about three years before entering the employ of the defendant, but this was his first experience…