Legal Opinion

Hux v. . Reflector Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 7, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by defendant from Lyon, J.., at September Term, 1916, of Pitt.

1Opinion of the Court

Clakk, 0. J.

This is an action for personal injuries in tbe cutting off of the plaintiff’s right hand. The plaintiff was operating a job press for the defendant company. There was evidence that there were two presses working side by side, but that the plaintiff, a boy of 17, was in charge of both, and the one at which he was not immediately working became clogged, whereupon the plaintiff, under his duty of supervision, attempted to unclog it, but by reason of the cog wheels not being shielded, or boxed, his hand was caught between the two cogwheels, and there being no lever by pulling which…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Britt v. Carolina Northern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  2. Wilkinson v. . DunbarSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  3. Garrison v. Case Threshing MacHine Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  4. Ainsley v. John L. Roper Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  5. Kiger v. Liipfert Scales Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Patterson v. Champion Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
  2. Richardson v. . WoodruffSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
  3. Lynch v. Dewey Bros.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  4. Lynch v. . DeweySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  5. Marshall v. Interstate Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1921

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