McKay v. Hand
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tout, for personal injuries received in consequence of the breaking of a ladder on which the plaintiff was standing while engaged in the defendant’s employ in painting the outside of a house. Trial in the Superior Court, before Sheldon, J., who ruled that the action could not be maintained, and directed .the jury to return a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This is an action for personal injuries received in consequence of the breaking of a ladder on which the plaintiff was standing while engaged in the work of painting the outside of a house.
*271The declaration as amended contains four counts, the first three under the employer’s liability act, St. 1887, c. 270, and the fourth at common law. The presiding justice directed a verdict for the defendant, and to this the plaintiff excepted.
Three men, including the plaintiff, were employed by the defendant, who furnished a load of ladders for the job, and one of the men selected two ladders, and the…
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