Spinney's Administratrix v. Hooker
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for Negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the December Term, 1913, Caledonia County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict for plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This is a common law action for negligence brought by the administratrix of Edward J. Spinney, who was electrocuted while at work for defendant in its foundry. It was *149a part of Spinney’s duties to line the cupola with moist clay preparatory to melting iron therein. This cupola was of iron or steel and stood upon legs high enough to enable a man to crawl under it. It had a metal floor, through the center of which was an oval man-hole with an iron cover. When called upon to line the cupola, Spinney would crawl under it, remove the cover of the man-hole and lay it on the ground. He would then…
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