Cuozzo v. Clyde Steamship Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant as stated in the opinion. Writ dated November 9, 1909. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Pratt, J. At the close of the evidence, material portions of which are described in the opinion, and subject to an exception by the plaintiff, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant.
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Tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant as stated in the opinion. Writ dated November 9, 1909. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Pratt, J. At the close of the evidence, material portions of which are described in the opinion, and subject to an exception by the plaintiff, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant. After the death of Pratt, J., the case was reported by Wait, J., to this court for determination, it being agreed that, if upon the evidence the case should have been submitted to the jury, the verdict was to be set…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The plaintiff, a longshoreman in the employ of the defendant, on August 26, 1909, was unloading barrels containing resin from a steamship over a fixed permanent platform and across a movable skid or toe piece to the street. Several men were engaged in the work, and the barrels were unloaded by means of ordinary two-wheeled trucks. The men worked from two to five or ten feet apart. The skid extended from the platform to the street. It was about six feet wide and about three feet long, and was constructed from two-inch planks.
Just before the accident, one DiMambro, a fellow workman, preceded…
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- Noonan v. FoleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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