Lowcock v. Franklin Paper Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff while in the defendant’s employ, by having his hand caught in a machine upon which he was working. At the trial in the Superior Cour,t, before Dewey, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action for personal injuries caused by the plaintiff’s hand being caught between a revolving cylinder and a belt of felting in a pasting machine which he was attending, and being burned by the cylinder, which was hot. The *314cylinder served the purpose of drying sheets of paper which had been pasted together. The belt of felting pressed the paper against the cylinder, and the motion of the two caught and drew it along. The plaintiff’s duty was to put the paper between the two so that it would be caught. According to his testimony, he could put his hand between the cylinder and the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stuart v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Crowley v. Pacific MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Connolly v. EldredgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
3Cited by15 opinions
- Carriere v. Merrick Lumber Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Buehner Chair Co. v. FeulnerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1902
- Burke v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Robinska v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Wiggins v. E. Z. Waist Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1910
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