Lukas v. Reece

The personal injuries for which the plaintiff seeks recovery were caused while he was employed as a cementer .of blankets by the defendant partnership. It was not insured under the workmen’s compensation act and the due' care of the plaintiff is not an issue in the case. G. L. c. 152, § 66. Schlehuber v. American Express Co. 230 Mass. 347. The defendants occupied a one-story building, with a basement reached by a flight of stairs leading down from an *313opening in the floor three feet in width closed by a trap door, without railing or guard; when open the door rested against the rear wall. The…