BALDRIDGE v. HATCHER

No. 71-682.

266 So.2d 112 (1972)

James Randall BALDRIDGE, by His Next Friend, His Father, William J. Baldridge, Appellant, v. Robert HATCHER, D/B/a Hatcher's Garbage Disposal Service, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allgood, McPherson & Cobb, New Port Richey, for appellant.

Dan C. Rasmussen of Delzar, Edwards & Martin, Port Richey, for appellee.


MANN, Judge.

Here we have the opposite case from Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co. v. deJesus, 266 So.2d 108. There a violation of an ordinary statute was alleged, and the jury was charged that if they found a violation that it constituted negligence per se. Here the ground of liability is the employment by Hatcher of Randy Baldridge, age 14, to operate dangerous machinery on a garbage...

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