Adams v. Grand Rapids Refrigerator Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; McDonald, J. Case by Harry Adams against the Grand Rapids Refrigerator Company for personal injuries. A judgment for plaintiff is reviewed by defendant on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
The defendant is engaged in the manufacture of porcelain-lined refrigerators, and as a part of its operations manufactures its own porcelain. Plaintiff, who was at the time 34 years of age, suffered an injury by an explosion occurring in the tank into which the enamel is drawn off after being smelted, on the 27th day of November, 1906. He at that time had been employed by the defendant about four years in its enameling department.
The ingredients of the enamel comprise, among other things, oxides of silicon, sodium, potassium, calcium, and metal oxides as a basis, with fluorine as a flux. In…
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- Ribich v. Lake Superior Smelting Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1900
- McGowan v. La Plata Mining & Smelting Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Colorado · 1882
- Tissue v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
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