SIMMONS v. MONARCH MACHINE TOOL CO.


413 Mass. 205 (1992)

596 N.E.2d 318

WILLIAM SIMMONS vs. MONARCH MACHINE TOOL CO., INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance J. Hamilton (Walter H. Mayo, III, with him) for the defendant.

Daniel J. Johnedis (Garry V. Inge with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

On March 30, 1983, the plaintiff, William Simmons, a machine operator employed by the Raytheon Company, was injured when a tool known as a "tap" ejected from a tool assembly (toolholder) and penetrated his left eye. The circumstances of the accident were as follows. Simmons had been operating a vertical milling machine known as a VMC 150 when he noticed that the cutting tool (tap) in the machine's toolholder had become dull and needed replacement. Simmons...

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