Papilios v. Best Manufacturing Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 102, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dee. T., 1911, No. 848, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William Papilios v. Best Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Frazer, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for 11,500. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 102, April T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Dee. T., 1911, No. 848, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William Papilios v. Best Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Frazer, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for 11,500. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff was an employee of a contractor who had engaged to paint the ironwork in the defendant’s manufacturing plant, and while working along the runway of an electric crane, was injured by the crane moving on him and cutting off a part of his hand. He had considerable experience in working about electric cranes, *72and appreciated the dangerous position he was occupying at the time he received his injuries. When he began his work at this place the crane was stationed about fifteen feet distant from him, and the operator was seated in his cage reading a newspaper. From…
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