Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1891-12-19

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Knowlton, J. There was evidence proper for the consideration of the jury on the question whether the defendant corporation was negligent in permitting the steps on which the plaintiff was injured to be slippery and dangerous. It was its duty to provide on its premises a reasonably safe passageway for the use of its employees in going to and from their work. There was evidence that fifty women working in the sam…

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