Michaels v. Tubbs

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

George William Michaels, Jr,, a minor of fifteen years of age, was employed by the defendant, Blake Tubbs, as a summer chore boy on the Tubbs’ farm in Glearfield County, Pennsylvania.

On August 31, 1965 the defendant sent his son David, age sixteen, and George to spread manure on a field leased by the defendant, which field was located one mile away from the Tubbs’ farm. Each boy was driving a tractor, with George’s tractor being slower and having an additional heavy forklift attachment which extended out five feet to the front. To reach the leased field the boys were…