Lorentz v. Robinson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeals from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — This exception was taken to the-granting of the plaintiff’s prayer, and the rejection of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth prayers of the defendants.
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Appeals from the Court of Common Pleas. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. First Exception. — This exception was taken to the-granting of the plaintiff’s prayer, and the rejection of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth prayers of the defendants. The third prayer of the defendants, which alone need be inserted, is as follows : 3. If the jury shall find from the evidence, that the plaintiff got upon an elevator belonging to the defendants, without any orders to do so from the defendant, Rittler, he took upon himself the risk of his conduct, and contributed to the injury…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
In this case suit was brought by an employé against his employers to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in their service.
The defendants, Lorentz, Rittler and Bechtel, were co-partners, and owned a large building in the City of-Baltimore, in which they manufactured fertilizers. In this building there was a steam elevator running from the first to the third floor of the factory, by means of which materials used in the business were hoisted or lowered. This elevator had an automatic arrangement so adjusted that with a ton weight on the platform it would stop at the…
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