Zinkewitz v. Cramp
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 185, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1913, No. 5403, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Zinkewitz v. Cramp. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Patterson, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the circumstances of the accident. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $600. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This is an action for personal injuries by an employee' against his employer. The plaintiff charged the defendant with negligence in failing to provide him with a safe place in which to work. The plaintiff at the time of the injury was a member of a gang of riggers employed in and about the construction of a vessel at defendant’s shipyard. This gang of men worked at different places, as directed by a foreman named Buckley. The plates had been riveted upon the side of the vessel to a height of about twenty feet above the ground and at the time of the accident the plaintiff…
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