DeGrazia v. Piccardo
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 121, April T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of Louis DeGrazia in bis own right and as father and next friend of Bernard DeGrazia, his minor son, against B. Piccardo, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1899, No. 377, on verdicts for plaintiffs. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Trespass. Before McCltxng, J. It appears from the evidence that defendant was engaged in the business of manufacturing macaroni.
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Appeal, No. 121, April T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of Louis DeGrazia in bis own right and as father and next friend of Bernard DeGrazia, his minor son, against B. Piccardo, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1899, No. 377, on verdicts for plaintiffs. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Trespass. Before McCltxng, J. It appears from the evidence that defendant was engaged in the business of manufacturing macaroni. Bernard DeGrazia, a boy almost eighteen years old, was employed to work about a machine called a macaroni roller which was simple in construction, and ordinarily safe to…
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Rice, P. J.,
When an employee, after having the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the risks of his situation, accepts them, he cannot complain if subsequently injured by such exposure. By contracting for the performance of hazardous duties, he assumes such risks as are incident to their discharge from causes open and obvious, the dangerous character of which causes he has had *113opportunity to ascertain. On the other hand, where there are special risks in an employment of which the employee is not, from the nature of the employment, cognizant, or which are not patent in the work,…
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