Arnold v. Harrington Cutlery Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort by a knife cutter, employed in the defendant’s cutlery factory at Southbridge, for the loss of an eye alleged to have been caused, in the first count, by the negligence of the defendant’s superintendent in furnishing the plaintiff with steel of an inferior quality and unsuitable for the use to which it was put; in the second count, by a defect in the ways, works or machinery of the defendant consisting of an improper press and improper steel; in the third count, by the…
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Tort by a knife cutter, employed in the defendant’s cutlery factory at Southbridge, for the loss of an eye alleged to have been caused, in the first count, by the negligence of the defendant’s superintendent in furnishing the plaintiff with steel of an inferior quality and unsuitable for the use to which it was put; in the second count, by a defect in the ways, works or machinery of the defendant consisting of an improper press and improper steel; in the third count, by the defendant’s furnishing the plaintiff with defective, improper and inferior steel; and, in the fourth count, by the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff was working for the defendant at cutting knife blades from steel with a punch and die, upon a press, and a small fragment of the steel flew, and struck him in one of his eyes, thereby causing the loss of that eye. This action is brought to recover damages, on the ground that the defendant was negligently using unannealed steel. The plaintiff had worked for the defendant at punching knife blades about three years and a half, and, until the day before the accident, had used annealed sheet steel. The steel which he was using at the time of the accident was of a different kind,…
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