Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Henry's Drywall Co., Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 24, 1974PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, J.
On February 6, 1968, the defendant corporation was found guilty in a District Court on a complaint charging violation of G. L. c. 149, § 129B (inserted by St. 1964, c. 233, and as appearing in St. 1967, c. 261), in that it “being a corporation engaged in construction work, did require or knowingly permit ... a person employed by it in such work to use certain devices commonly called stilts, designed to be attached to the feet or legs of such employee for the purpose of elevating him to high placed or positioned work.”
Pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 18, the defendant appealed to the Superior Court…
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