Legal Opinion
Williams v. United Men's Shop, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 1, 1944PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by him while engaged in repairing an electric fan on the defendant’s premises.
These facts could have been found: The plaintiff was an electrician employed by an electrical contractor who had agreed with the defendant to do some electrical work in the latter’s store. The contract, among other things, called for the installation of an electric fan, and on July 5, 1939, the plaintiff assisted in setting one up. The fan (which was installed in a rectangular area above one of the show cases in the store) was enclosed…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Walker v. Benz Kid Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Rankin v. Brockton Public Market, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Engel v. Boston Ice Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Jabbour v. Central Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Trimyer v. Norfolk Tallow Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- United States v. HullCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1952
- Afienko v. Harvard Club of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Hannon v. Hayes-Bickford Lunch System, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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