Hathaway v. Michigan Central R. R.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson. (Gridley, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. Employers are bound to explain to servants the dangers of using machinery which they do not understand: Strahlendorf v. Rosenthal 30 Wis. 675; McGowan v. La Plata Mining Go. 9 Eed. Rep. 861; Grizzle v. Frost 3 F. & F. 622 ; St Loids (& S. E. Ry. Go. v. Yalirius 56 Ind. 511; Howling v. Girard D. Allen Go. 14 Gent.
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Error to Jackson. (Gridley, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. Employers are bound to explain to servants the dangers of using machinery which they do not understand: Strahlendorf v. Rosenthal 30 Wis. 675; McGowan v. La Plata Mining Go. 9 Eed. Rep. 861; Grizzle v. Frost 3 F. & F. 622 ; St Loids (& S. E. Ry. Go. v. Yalirius 56 Ind. 511; Howling v. Girard D. Allen Go. 14 Gent. L. J. 92; Goombs v. New Bedford Go. 102 Mass. 597; O’Oonnor v. Adams 120 Mass. 427; Oooley on Torts 553; "Wood’s M. & S. § 349; Pcm'h-hurst v. Johnson 50 Mich. 70; the construction of the machinery is not sufficient to…
1Opinion of the CourtSheewood, J.
Tlie plaintiff brings bis suit against the Michigan Central Railroad Company for damages sustained by him while in the company’s employment as a brakeman, alleging that while making a coupling of cars at Niles, as directed by the company’s agent, his arm was caught between ■the bumpers and crushed in such manner as to render amputation necessary; and that the injury was caused by the negligence of the company in not informing the plaintiff of the dangerous position he was called upon to occupy, ■and the nature, character and action of the machinery used for the coupling, and the particular…
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