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- Title: Bortzfield v. Sutton
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 30, 1956
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This was an action to recover for damages under the provisions
of G.S. 1949, Ch. 44, Art. 1, often referred to as the "Factory
Act." The present appeal is from rulings adverse to the plaintiff
on his motions, later mentioned, directed against the defendant's
answer and from an order overruling plaintiff's demurrer to the
answer. For our purposes it is noted that plaintiff filed his amended
petition alleging status of the parties and that defendant
operated a sawmill in Pleasanton, Kansas, equipped with described
machinery which it was alleged was not equipped with belt
shifters and other safeguards as required by the factory act, and
that on February 16, 1955, plaintiff was assisting in the
operation of an edger, a detailed description of which was
alleged, and which was not equipped with belt shifting devices;
that a scrap of lumber was caught in the edger stopping the
movement thereof, and as plaintiff was in the process of removing
the scrap the machine started, plaintiff's clothing was caught
and he was forced into a saw and sustained severe injuries. It
was alleged that defendant was guilty of violating the factory
act in failing to provide the mill with safeguards as provided by
the act, in four stated particulars, and that by reason of such
violation
[180 Kan. 48]