O'Neill Manufacturing Co. v. Pruitt

Pruitt, a child thirteen years of age, had his hand injured in the shop of the defendant company. He sued for damages. On the trial he exhibited his hand to the jury. The four fingers and part of the thumb had been cut off. He had been working in the defendant’s shop for about three years when the injury occurred. He testified that it was necessary for him to have a certain kind of board, in order to do the work assigned to him. He mentioned this to the foreman, and the latter instructed him to make one. The only machine on which he could make it was a very dangerous machine called a…