Hanson v. Ludlow Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while operating a circular saw in the defendant’s employ. Trial in the Superior Court, before Fessenden, J., who, at the defendant’s request, ruled that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, and directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The particular danger of which the plaintiff contends that he should have been warned arose from the fact that objects which come in contact with the rear of a circular saw when it is in operation may be suddenly and forcibly thrown upward and forward. The saw teeth, which at a given instant are just above the table at the back of the saw, have a rapid upward and forward motion, which tends to carry with them objects which they touch, and such objects may be so thrown as to fall upon the front of the saw. The plaintiff was sawing boxwood logs into blocks about one inch and a quarter thick,…
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