Thorson v. Carnegie Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 193, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1911, No. 87, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John B. Thor son v. Carnegie Steel Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Porter, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 193, Oct. T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1911, No. 87, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John B. Thor son v. Carnegie Steel Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Porter, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The accident occurred on March 8, 1909. The court charged in part as follows: “This Act of 1905, provides that whenever practicable the machinery shall be safeguarded with safety devices. Prior to the passage of this act when a person went into a dangerous place to work he was held to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The appellee, an employee of the Carnegie Steel Company, while walking on a crane track near the roof of the building in which he was working, was struck by a moving crane and sustained the injuries for which compensation is claimed in this action. While the jury might fairly have returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, neither the question of its negligence, nor that of the contributory negligence of the plaintiff, could, under all the evidence, have been taken from them. Testimony was properly admitted to show that, in performing the duty assigned to him,…
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