Tappato v. Teplick & Eisenberg Co.

Opinion bn

Baldrige, J.,

Archie Tappato, 22 years of age, met his death between 9:30 and 10:30 A.M., November 21, 1935, by falling down an elevator shaft. His employer, the defendant, occupied the fifth and sixth floors of a six-story building on Market Street, Philadelphia. Decedent worked at a machine on the sixth floor, stitching pants and “clams.” The fifth floor was used as a cutting and shipping room and for other work as well as for offices. The lower floors were occupied by other tenants and the owner of the building. There was a passenger elevator in the front of the building and a…