Glover v. Dwight Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort. The last count of the declaration was as follows: “And the plaintiff says that she was in the employ of the defendant; that it was the duty of the defendant to give her sufficient instructions how to properly perform her duties as such employee; that it was the duty of the defendant to give her sufficient notice of the dangers and perils incident to her duties as such employee; that the defendant had reason to know of such perils and dangers; that the defendant failed…
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Tort. The last count of the declaration was as follows: “And the plaintiff says that she was in the employ of the defendant; that it was the duty of the defendant to give her sufficient instructions how to properly perform her duties as such employee; that it was the duty of the defendant to give her sufficient notice of the dangers and perils incident to her duties as such employee; that the defendant had reason to know of such perils and dangers; that the defendant failed to give her such instructions and such notice, whereby the plaintiff, while in the exercise of due care and diligence,…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
At the trial the plaintiff relied upon the last count in her declaration, in which she alleges that she was injured by the negligence of the defendant in not giving her proper instructions as to starting, stopping, and cleaning the machine upon which she was set to work. The duty of an employer to take proper precautions for the safety of a person employed in running or tending machinery, and, where such person is young and inexperienced, to give him proper instructions so as to enable him to understand and appreciate the danger attending his employment, is fully considered in Coombs v. New…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Plumley v. BirgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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- Ciriack v. Merchants' Woolen Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Lynchburg Cotton Mills v. StanleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Arkadelphia Lumber Co. v. WhittedSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Connors v. GrilleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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