Copithorne v. Hardy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, under the employer’s liability act, St. 1887, c. 270, § 1, cl. 1, for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendants. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Hardy, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendants alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action under the statute for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by a defect in the defend*401ants’ ways, works, and machinery. The plaintiff was in the defendants’ employ, and was sitting at work making pills, when some shafting fell and struck her on the back. Her case is not denied. The shafting had been moved the day before, by order of the superintendent, Shea, to the place from which it fell, by the carpenter, Maclaren, who attended to that kind of work under the superintendent’s orders. It was a cone shaft with six pulleys, and was attached to the ceiling by hangers,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Prendible v. Connecticut River Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Kendall v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Toomey v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Nickerson v. SpindellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
3Cited by18 opinions
- Rizzo v. CunninghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Rodgers v. BoyntonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Daniels v. CelesteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Mucha v. Northeastern Crushed Stone Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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