Palmer v. Harrison
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the Superior Court of Grand Rapids. (Parrish, J.) Case. Plaintiff brings error. cited as applicable, Sjogren v. Hall 53 Mich. 274; Goodale v. Portage Lake Bridge Go. 55 Mich, 413; Schroeder v. Michigan Gar Go. 56 Mich. 132; Case v. Chicago, R.L.dsP. R.R. 64 la. 762; McGinnis v. Ganada Southern Bridge Go. 49 Mich. 466; a workman among machinery should carefully watch it to guard against danger: Stone v. Oreg. Mfg. Go. 4 Oreg. 52.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This action is in trespass on the case for an injury which the plaintiff alleges that he received while in the employ of the defendant, by having his hand caught in a machine called a “ jointer.”
The defendant was the owner of, and engaged in operating, a manufacturing establishment in the city of Grand Sapids, known as “Harrison’s Wagon Works,” at the time the injury to plaintiff occurred. The plaintiff was a boy sixteen years old, of moderate intelligence, and, at the time of his employment by the defendant, had never before worked in a factory or shop where machinery was used, and had had…
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