Miszoian v. Taft
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two ACTIONS OF TOET, by the administrator of the estate of Panos ICivorkian, the first action under the employers’ liability act for the conscious suffering and death of the plaintiff’s intestate on June 17, 1904, while he was employed in the dyeing room of the defendants’ mill in that part of the town of Belling-ham called Careyville, alleged to have been caused by a defect in the ways, works or machinery of the defendants, and by the negligence of a superintendent, and the…
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Two ACTIONS OF TOET, by the administrator of the estate of Panos ICivorkian, the first action under the employers’ liability act for the conscious suffering and death of the plaintiff’s intestate on June 17, 1904, while he was employed in the dyeing room of the defendants’ mill in that part of the town of Belling-ham called Careyville, alleged to have been caused by a defect in the ways, works or machinery of the defendants, and by the negligence of a superintendent, and the second action at common law for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff’s intestate by reason…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
At the time of the accident the deceased was engaged in pitching wool from a rack on to a truck. The wool in question had been in a vat of boiling dye water and was being thrown on to a rack which was above one end of the vat (as w'e understand the bill of exceptions) in order that the dye *229water with which it was saturated might drain off. To pitch the wool from the rack on to the truck, the deceased on the day in question stood on two planks laid across the vat, and his companion stood on the rack. The companion of the deceased testified on direct examination : “ There was a wall against the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McCafferty v. Lewando's French Dyeing & Cleansing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- McDonald v. LovellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Elvey v. PowersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
3Cited by3 opinions
- Sjostedt v. WebsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Sanders v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Sheridan v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925