LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Annie Day, p. a., vs. Charles Achron
Citation: 23 R.I. 627
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1898-07-14
Docket Number: 
Pages: 627–630
Volume: 23
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Annie Day, p. a., vs. Charles Achron.

Annie Day, p. a., vs. Charles Achron.
PROVIDENCE
JULY 14, 1898.
Present : Matteson, 0. J., Stiness and Tillinghast, JJ.
(1) Master and Servant. Negligence. Assumed Bisks.
Plaintiff, a minor, had worked on a mangle in a laundry once or twice a week for six or eight weeks prior to the accident. She testified that she knew if her fingers were caught they would be burned and crushed, and that if she kept the tips of her fingers down until they were between the steam box and roller they would be drawn in and crushed:—
Held, that the testimony showed that plaintiff knew of the clanger and how to avoid it, and hence she assumed the chances of injury from an obvious danger.
Trespass on the Case for negligence.
Heard on petition of defendant for new trial, and judgment for defendant.

Per Curiam.
The plaintiff had worked on the machine by which she was injured, once or twice a week for six or eight weeks prior to the accident. She testifies that she knew that if her fingers were caught they would be burned and crushed, and she also knew that if she kept the tips of her fingers down until they were between the steam box aud roller that they would be drawn in and crushed. This testimony shows that the plaintiff knew of the danger and how to avoid it; and the opinion of a majority of the court therefore is that she must be held to have taken the chances of injury from an obvious danger, and that the case is within Kelley v. Silver Spring Co., 12 R. I. 112.
The verdict is therefore against the evidence, and must be set aside.
The case is remitted to the Common Pleas Division, with direction to enter judgment for the defendant for costs.