What are some cases where a company was held personally liable for negligence for putting a boy to work in dangerous areas?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company v. Thiessen, 2009 SKQB 244 (CanLII):
Mr. Justice Carthy cites a number of decisions including the following: In Lewis v. Boutilier (1919), 1919 CanLII 535 (SCC), 52 D.L.R. 383 (SCC) the president of the company was held personally liable for negligence for putting a boy to work in a dangerous area of a sawmill.
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