Rogers v. Whiting Manufacturing Co.

This is an action for damages for an injury sustained while operating a lathe machine for the defendant. The plaintiff contended that the proximate cause of his injury was the failure of the defendant to furnish a guard or shield to go over the saws to prevent their throwing splinters and -pieces of wood back, by reason of which defect the plaintiff was injured.

It is settled law in this State, “That an employer of labor to assist in the operation of railways, mills, and other plants where the machinery is more or less complicated, and more especially where driven by mechanical power, is…