Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Newcomb Baking Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 5, 1945PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This is an action by an employee against an employer not insured under the workmen’s compensation law to recover for personal injury claimed to have been due to the effect of strong soap upon the plaintiff’s skin.
At the time when the plaintiff was employed, “about March of 1941,” and at the time of the alleged injury two or three weeks later, contractual assumption of risk was a defence, or speaking more accurately, it excused the defendant from the duty of care with respect to the risk assumed. Ashton v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 222 Mass. 65. Doherty v. Paul’s for Tires, Inc. 314 Mass. 83,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Bianchi v. Denholm & McKay Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Payne v. R. H. White Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Ashton v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Thompson v. United Laboratories Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- LaClair v. Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Vargas v. McNamaraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Florence Wright and Roy Wright v. Carter Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Madeline Haley & Another v. Allied Chemical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
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