Hagen v. American Machine & Foundry Co.

In this action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by negligence, the plaintiff’s hands were drawn between a chain belt and a cogwheel or a machine in defendant’s factory by reason of the sudden starting of the machine. This machine had been constructed in the factory and payment therefor made; but it was remaining there while the owner installed therein the electrical equipment. It was an experimental machine, and mechanical changes, readjustments and certain alterations in its original construction were necessary while the electrical equipment was being installed; and these…