Ryalls v. Mechanics' Mills

This is an action for personal injuries caused to an employee by a defect in the condition of the machinery used in the business of her employer. The declaration is framed without reference to the Employers’ Liability Act (St. 1887, c. 270), and the plaintiff has had a verdict. We must take it, therefore, that the defect was of such a kind that the defendant would have been liable under our decisions unless the above statute has cut down the plaintiff’s common law rights. The question raised by the report is, whether since that statute an employee’s right of action in cases like this is…