Morin v. Champlin

Branch J.

The plaintiff was injured upon January 13, 1943 while operating a replaner, so-called, in the defendant’s mill at Rochester, when a board which he was planing was kicked back by the machine and struck him in the abdomen. From the defendant’s brief we quote the following description of the machine: “The planer consisted of a flat bed that can be raised or lowered to accommodate varying thicknesses of lumber and was 26“ wide. There were two power driven corrugated rollers 26“ long and 5“ to 6“ in diameter that pulled the lumber across the bed to the cutters. The corrugated rollers were…