Legal Opinion
Lizotte v. Nashua Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided March 6, 1917PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Case, upon the employers’ liability act for personal injuries. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the defendants moved for a nonsuit on the ground that a cause of action had not been shown. The nonsuit was denied, and the defendants excepted. The facts appear in the opinion. Transferred from the May term, 1916, of the superior court, by Peaslee, J.
1Opinion of the CourtPlummer, J.
Section 1 of chapter 163 of the Laws of 1911, so far as applicable to this case, is as follows:
“This act shall apply only to workmen engaged in manual or mechanical labor in the employments described in this section, which, from the nature, conditions or means of prosecution of such work, are dangerous to the life and limb of workmen engaged therein, because in them the risks of employment and the danger of injury caused by fellow servants are great and difficult to avoid. . . . (b) Work in any shop, mill, factory or other place on, in connection with or in proximity to any hoisting…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boody v. K. & C. Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914
- Stebbins v. Lancashire Ins.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1879
- Weeks v. WaldronSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
- Martin v. SwantonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1888
- Brotherhood Accident Co. v. LinehanSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1901
3Cited by5 opinions
- Betz v. Columbia Telephone Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1930
- Manchester St. Ry. v. BarrettCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1920
- Pellerin v. International Cotton MillsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1918
- Casey v. Frank Jones Brewing Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1918
- McKenna's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1918