Medis v. Bentley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 117 and 118, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Beaver Co., March T., 1904, No. 193, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Calvin Medis in his own right and Isaac Leslie Medis, by John Calvin Medis, his next friend, v. Bentley & Gerwig, Limited. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Holt, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 117 and 118, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Beaver Co., March T., 1904, No. 193, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John Calvin Medis in his own right and Isaac Leslie Medis, by John Calvin Medis, his next friend, v. Bentley & Gerwig, Limited. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Holt, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for John Calvin Medis for $483.37 and for Isaac Leslie Medis for $1,526.70. Errors assigned were (1) in refusing binding instructions for defendant; (4-7) portions of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Fell,
The negligence alleged in this case was in putting an inexperienced boy to work at a dangerous machine without having warned him of the danger to which he was exposed or instructed him how to do his work. The main question to be considered is whether the case should have been withdrawn from the jury.
The plaintiff, who was injured, was thirteen and a half years old and had been employed in the defendant’s rope factory three weeks at work not connected with the machinery. Two or three days before he was injured he was put to work by the defendant’s foreman at a…
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