Young v. Randall
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On motion by defendant. Action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while operating a swinging circular saw in the defendant’s employ, resulting in the loss of the second and third fingers of the left'hand and the mutilation of the fourth finger so as to render it useless, and caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in that the saw table "was not provided with any standards or upright pieces sufficiently near the path of…
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On motion by defendant. Action on the case to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while operating a swinging circular saw in the defendant’s employ, resulting in the loss of the second and third fingers of the left'hand and the mutilation of the fourth finger so as to render it useless, and caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant in that the saw table "was not provided with any standards or upright pieces sufficiently near the path of the saw, so that a log or bolt could rest against the same and be held steadily in place and prevented from swinging in…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
Tort for personal injuries while operating a swinging circular saw in defendant’s employ. .The defendant is a manufacturer of lumber and manager of the Augusta Lumber Company, which operates a large mill at Augusta. In the spring of 1906, he purchased a lot of standing timber in the neighboring town of Belgrade and sent a crew there to cut and manufacture the same. Among them was the plaintiff who was the owner of a team of four horses and of a portable sawing machine driven by a gasoline engine. After working with his team five or six weeks yarding logs, the plaintiff started his sawing…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tenanty v. Boston Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- Wilson v. Steel Edge Stamping & Retinning Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895