Gallagher v. Snellenburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 322, Jan. T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dee. T., 1901, No. 1047, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Gallagher v. N. Snellenburg & Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bareatt, J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $12,500. Defendants appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potter,
The plaintiff in this case seeks to recover damages for personal injuries caused by falling down an elevator shaft. He was employed by the defendants as a laborer, and among other duties assigned him was that of taking hot Avater in buckets up to the scrub women who were engaged on the various floors of the building in cleaning the premises at night. The method which he pursued, under instructions, was to load a truck in the basement Avith buckets of hot water, push the truck on an elevator, and then by means of a controlling rope start the elevator upward, stop…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cracraft v. Bessemer Limestone Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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