Fritz v. Elk Tanning Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 35, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Feb. T., 1914, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Norman A. Fritz v. The Elk Tanning Company. Trespass to recover damages for the loss of plaintiff’s health alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendant. Before Terry, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 35, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Sullivan Co., Feb. T., 1914, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Norman A. Fritz v. The Elk Tanning Company. Trespass to recover damages for the loss of plaintiff’s health alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendant. Before Terry, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. The evidence was insufficient to establish that poisonous fumes or gases were produced by the pouring of sulphuric acid into the vat of water…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
Defendant was operating a tannery at Jamison City in Sullivan County, where plaintiff was employed from October, 1911, to February, 1913. A long narrow room called the bleach room occupied one side of the tannery, wherein was a tier of five vats, each being four and one-half feet in diameter and six feet deep. These vats contained liquids into which the hides were dipped by machinery in the process of bleaching. One vat contained water warmed to the temperature of 126° Fahrenheit, into which each morning plaintiff poured from a crock one hundred and ten pounds of…
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