Schwartz v. Caplan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 131, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O..P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1914, No. 966, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Robert Schwartz v. Gutman Caplan. Trespass to recover' damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,225 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 131, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O..P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1914, No. 966, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Robert Schwartz v. Gutman Caplan. Trespass to recover' damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,225 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant, in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v. and in refusing to grant a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
Plaintiff’s hand was caught and crushed between iron rolls, while he was employed in defendant’s bakery. The rolls were set in a table one ab.ove the other, the top of the lower roll being practically flush with the table. In the process of bread making the dough was passed back and forth between the rolls by workmen standing at each end of the table. Plaintiff seems to have slipped as he was pushing the dough back into the rolls so that the hand he was using for that purpose was caught. The rolls were operated by the employee at the other end of the table by…
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