Legal Opinion
Lemieux v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 30, 1914PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, was engaged in the work of tearing down a bridge at Barre in the State of Vermont. At the time of the accident he was holding by the handle a wedge-shaped cutter which rested upon a rivet that was being severed, while a fellow workman, one Olmstead, was striking the cutter with a heavy hammer. We assume that, the jury could find that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care, and that the piece of. steel which struck him in the eye came from the cutter.
*401As the accident happened in Vermont the plaintiff’s right to recover damages for his injury…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Gould's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Leary v. William G. Webber Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Whalen v. RosnoskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Cherry v. SpragueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Davis v. New York & New England RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jackson v. AnthonyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Royle v. Worcester Buick Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Levy v. SteigerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Klotz v. Pan-American Match Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- McPhail v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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