Craig v. Riter Conley Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 134, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1920, No. 1058, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Harry N. Craig, in his own right, and Harry N. Craig for the use of Hughes-Foulkrod Co., etc., v. RiterConley Manufacturing Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Haymaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $25,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 134, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1920, No. 1058, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Harry N. Craig, in his own right, and Harry N. Craig for the use of Hughes-Foulkrod Co., etc., v. RiterConley Manufacturing Co. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Haymaker, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $25,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was refusal of judgment n. o. v., quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
In defendant’s original factory building at Leetsdale, near Pittsburgh, was a crane with a cross-beam forty feet long and supported at each end by a steel girder twenty-two inches in width. The crane was about thirty feet above the floor, and ran the length of the building (580 feet) upon iron rails fastened to the top of the girders, while the operator stood in an open cage suspended from the crane. In 1919 defendant erected a large addition to its factory, which extended the entire *221length of the old building and necessitated the removal of the intervening brick…
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