Rorvik v. Astoria Box & Paper Co.

On the 19th of July, 1929, plaintiff suffered the loss of several fingers and the mutilation of his left hand hy reason of having the same caught in the unguarded gears of a slasher roll case. The defendant had rejected the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and plaintiff alleged that “said gears were not boxed or protected or covered over,” while plaintiff was engaged in his work, and that defendant was negligent and careless and violated the provisions of the Employers ’ Liability Law in not having the intermeshing gears of the slasher covered and protected. The defendant denies any negligence on…