Remick v. J. Spaulding & Sons Co.

The defendant seeks to distinguish the facts disclosed by the present record from those reported on the former transfer, contending that there is now no evidence that the plaintiff would have incurred any danger in stopping the machine on which she was working; that she knew she had the choice of a safe or dangerous method of tightening the screws and deliberately chose to perform that task while the machinery was in motion.

In point of fact the record reveals abundant evidence that dangers were involved in stopping the machine. To do this it was necessary to throw the belt from the fixed to…