Richards v. Ogden Steam Laundry

This is an action brought to recover damages for personal injury. The defendant was engaged in the laundry business. The plaintiff, seventeen years of age, was in its employ. It was alleged in the complaint that it was her duty to feed a mangle and to cover it when it became soiled; that a certain lever which controlled the mangle became loose, worn, and out of repair, and the jar of the machinery and the weight of the lever started the mangle in motion without warning; that the defendant neglected to warn her of the condition of the machinery; that covering the mangle required skill uot…