McGuigan v. Beatty
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 46, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1896, No. 1341, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brégy, J. At the trial it appeared that on January 9, 1896, plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant, was injured by the falling of an elevator weight in defendant’s building.
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Appeal, No. 46, Jan. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1896, No. 1341, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brégy, J. At the trial it appeared that on January 9, 1896, plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendant, was injured by the falling of an elevator weight in defendant’s building. Plaintiff’s duties in defendant’s factory required him to take a truck loaded with cans containing yarn, etc., from the first floor to the second floor and vice versa, by means of a freight elevator. He worked only on…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
There is certainly no evidence on this record showing any contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff, and the learned court below was not in error in so stating to the jury. This leaves open only the question of negligence on the part of the defendant, for which he would, or might be, liable to the plaintiff. That question was left to the jury, and we do not see how it could have been taken from them. The plaintiff being at the elevator in the discharge of his duty, put his hand upon it in order to ask up the shaft if there was anything there, and was…
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