O'Neill v. Thomas Day Co.

This is an action by an employee of defendant to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant. The cause was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for three thousand dollars. From the judgment following this verdict and from the order denying its motion for a new trial defendant appeals.

The complaint alleged that plaintiff, who was a minor about sixteen years of age, was set to work upon a certain stamping machine without adequate or any instruction as to the use of the machine, without being informed that the machine…