Legal Opinion
Favereau v. Gabele
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1928PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
The plaintiff, an employee of an independent contractor, was injured on the afternoon of a clear day while working on the rear- piazza of a three-story tenement house owned by the defendants. The contractor, who was -'a general jobber,” as a part of the repairs on the building agreed to put in angle irons at the junction of the floor timbers and the upper posts of the piazza. The plaintiff was adjusting these irons when he* was injured by the. giving way of a spreader bar, each end of which butted against an upright *119post called a king post. This spreader bar was about seven feet above the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Boisvert v. WardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Gainey v. PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Pilling v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Murray v. Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Cross v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Walker v. Benz Kid Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Williams v. United Men's Shop, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Donald E. Powers v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc., Donald E. Powers v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- 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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