Bilodeau v. Gale Brothers

The case was apparently tried on the theory that the defendant had accepted the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act (P. L., c. 178), and has been argued on that assumption here. Such is understood to be the fact. The principles of the common law are therefore applicable.

At the time of the accident the plaintiff was sixteen years old and had been employed in the defendant’s shoe factory for about two years. He had performed various tasks about the shop, and had run a pounding-down machine, so-called, the gears of which were guarded. Shortly before he received his injury he asked to be…