Matter of Wickham v. Glenside Woolen Mills

The facts in the case are as follows: The employer manufactured broadcloth and shirtings. The claimant was a boy employed as helper in the spinning department. Among other duties, he carried spools from the spinning room to the card room. On the day of the accident he had carried spools and left them in their proper place. On the way back to his starting point, he stopped to ask a fellow-employee for a chew of tobacco. This errand took him a few feet out of his direct course. After he had spoken to the man, he started to go on and slipped on a greasy floor. As a result df the fall his right…