Wylie v. Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort at common law for personal injuries sustained on March 10, 1913, when the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant in one of the buildings of its plant in the part of Cambridge called East Cambridge, by reason of the breaking of a wire cable and the failure to work of a safety clutch attached to a freight elevator when the plaintiff was upon the elevator in the course of the performance of his duties.
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Tort at common law for personal injuries sustained on March 10, 1913, when the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant in one of the buildings of its plant in the part of Cambridge called East Cambridge, by reason of the breaking of a wire cable and the failure to work of a safety clutch attached to a freight elevator when the plaintiff was upon the elevator in the course of the performance of his duties. Writ dated April 2, 1913. The proceedings upon the plaintiff’s petition under St. 1909, c. 514, § 141, to obtain an order for the examination of the elevator are described in the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This is an action at common law brought by an employee of the defendant against his employer for personal injuries sustained by him on March 10, 1913, while riding on an elevator in the defendant’s factory. The defendant was not a subscriber under the workmen’s compensation act. St. 1911, c. 751, and amendments thereto.
I. In May, 1914, the plaintiff made application to the Superior Court for an order directing the defendant to permit the plaintiff’s attorney to make an examination of the elevator, and *491after a hearing this petition was allowed. Sts. 1908, c. 380; 1909, c. 514, § 141. From this…
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