Sorden v. Parker
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 254, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 4,113, for defendant n. o. v. in case of Thomas Sorden v. William T. Parker. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 254, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 4,113, for defendant n. o. v. in case of Thomas Sorden v. William T. Parker. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Atjdenbied, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $300. Subsequently the court entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Atjdenbied, J., filed the following opinion: The plaintiff claimed damages from the defendant by whom he had been employed, on the ground that he had been injured, while working in his service, through the…
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Porter, J.,
The defendant was engaged in the business of hoisting and locating boilers, stacks, safes and like appliances and the plaintiff was employed by him as “a rigger’s helper.” On January 13, 1910, the plaintiff and an outside foreman, named Monroe, were sent by the defendant to install a small boiler for the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. It became necessary in the work to place a short piece of timber across the joist, below which the boiler was to be installed, for the purpose of attaching thereto the tackle used in hoisting the boiler into position. *543A ladder was…
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