Sullivan v. Hanover Cordage Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 89, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Jan. T., 1907, No. 86, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Paul T. Sullivan, by his father and next friend Noah Sullivan, and Noah Sullivan v. Hanover Cordage Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a boy fifteen years of age.
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Appeal, No. 89, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. York Co., Jan. T., 1907, No. 86, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Paul T. Sullivan, by his father and next friend Noah Sullivan, and Noah Sullivan v. Hanover Cordage Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a boy fifteen years of age. Before Bittenger, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff, when a little over fifteen years oí age, was employed by the defendant in its cordage works. On July 20, 1905, while engaged in cleaning a machine his hand became caught in the machine and was crushed. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elicin,
In Lenahan v. Pittston Coal Mining Company, 218 Pa. 311, it was held, that a boy under the statutory age employed to perform the dangerous kind of work prohibited by the statute, is not chargeable with contributory negligence or with having assumed the risks of employment in such occupation. In Stehle, by his next friend, v. Jaeger Automatic Machine Company, 220 Pa. 617, further consideration was given to the application of the rule under the Act of May 2,1905, P. L. 352. In this case it became necessary to pass upon the requirements of section four of that act,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lenahan v. Pittston Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Stehle v. Jaeger Automatic Machine Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
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