Mountain Copper Co. v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
136 F. 150 · 1905
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1931
3 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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““He [the plaintiff 1 testified that be knew nothing about the collar or set screws, and that neither the foreman nor Ryan nor any one else told him of their existence, nor the danger attending the operation, or how to perform it. While it is contended on the part of the plaintiff in error that both the collar id h⅞¾⅞ been seen by the defendant in error if he had ® j-not contended that he was told of their existence or of —-v the operation or tew to perform it. True it Is that the defendant in error jmew that it is daigerous to approach shafting, belting, or other n)-acJ*1jnery jn motion. That fait notr<sol-j appeared from his own testimony, but if d matter of such common knowledge that every one in his senses must. be to know it. Nevertheless it' is the duty of the master, before sending or permitting an inexperienced employé to perform such dangerous wo>.jI) to instruct him how to perform it, and especially to inform him of any ⅛&⅛, concealed, or obscure danger. * * * The law in our opinion made, ⅛ the duty of the plaintiff in error to inform the defendant in error of the collar and set screws, and how to perform the dangerous task, before sending or permitting him, in the course of his employment, to undertake it.” and set! serew's coul properlyRooked, it.i¡ the. daneer''iittendin”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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