Robinson's Adm'r v. Dininny
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of-Chesterfield county rendered March 1, 1897, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
*42It is a general principle of the law of master and servant that the master shall use ordinary care and diligence to provide a reasonably safe place in which his servant is to work, considering the character of the work in which he is engaged, and the master will be held liable for injuries to the servant which result from the omission to use such care. It is also a settled principle that a servant, when he enters the. service, assumes all the ordinary risks of such service. He also, as a general rule, assumes all risks from causes which are known to him, or which should be readily discernible…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McDonald's Adm'r v. Norfolk & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
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