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- Title: Williams v. Clemens forest Products Inc.
- Author : Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 21, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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BRAND, Justice. Calvin Clate Williams, an employee of the defendant Clemens Forest Products, Inc., met his death while in the course of his employment in the sawmill operation of the defendant. His widow and three minor children brought this action for damages on the theory that the case was controlled by the provisions of the Employers Liability Act, O.C.L.A. ? 102-1601 et seq. The widow is the guardian ad litem of the minor children. Without going into details as to the allegations of the complaint at this time, it is therein stated that the defendant operated a sawmill which involved risk and danger to its employees and to the deceased in particular, and that it failed to use every device, care and precaution which it was practical to use for the safety of its employees. It is stated that as a part of the sawmill operation, it negligently operated a framework attached to the sawmill and extending away from it at a height of 35 feet, over which was run by power machinery a so-called elevator, consisting of belts, chain and cross pieces, which was kept in motion and was used for the purpose of moving mill ends, slab, and other refuse from the sawmill to