Abbott v. Portland Trust & Savings Bank

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from plaintiff’s hand being caught in an electric wringer. The trial court allowed a motion for involuntary nonsuit. From the judgment of dismissal the plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff and her husband were employed by defendant as janitors in an apartment house in the city of Portland. In this house were fifty-two apartments. In the basement was a big laundry room containing an electric washing machine and wringer for the use and convenience of the various tenants. Each tenant, under a fixed schedule, was alloted one and one-half…