Hopperman v. Fore River Ship Building Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, against a corporation engaged in the construction of the battleship North Dakota, by a machinist’s helper in its employ, for personal injuries sustained on March 18,1909, by falling from a platform or staging in consequence of the sudden going out of the electric light in the fire-room, in which the plaintiff was working, when he was stepping from the platform to another staging.
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Tort, against a corporation engaged in the construction of the battleship North Dakota, by a machinist’s helper in its employ, for personal injuries sustained on March 18,1909, by falling from a platform or staging in consequence of the sudden going out of the electric light in the fire-room, in which the plaintiff was working, when he was stepping from the platform to another staging. Writ dated March 17, 1910. In the Superior Court the case first was tried before Redigan, J., who ordered a verdict for the defendant, and exceptions alleged by the plaintiff were sustained in a decision…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a machinist’s helper in the construction of the battleship North Dakota. Just before the accident he had been at work in the fire-room, standing on a platform that was about eighteen feet above the floor of the room. He testified that, after his job was completed, he started to step from the platform to a staging near by, in order to return to the deck above, when the light in the fire-room went out, leaving him in total darkness. He missed his footing, and fell to the floor, sustaining the injuries for which he sues.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- James v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Mehan v. Lowell Electric Light Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Saures v. Stevens Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Greene v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Hopperman v. Fore River Ship Building Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. SutkusSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1935