Carr v. General Fire Extinguisher Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 220, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. .Delaware Co., June T., 1906, No. 194, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edward Carr v. General Fire Extinguisher Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Broomall, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 220, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. .Delaware Co., June T., 1906, No. 194, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Edward Carr v. General Fire Extinguisher Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Broomall, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Defendant presented the following points: 3. If the ladder which broke was procured by the foreman of the gang, while at the same time the defendant had furnished other ladders or had other ladders which could have been used by the workmen and were not so used, the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The several assignments of error raise but a single question. The plaintiff,- an employee of the defendant company, was injured while engaged in his appointed work. He was standing upon a ladder at an elevation of some sixty feet; the ladder broke under his weight, with the result that he fell the entire distance to the floor beneath. It is needless to say that he was seriously injured. The proximate cause of the accident was the insufficiency of the ladder for the purpose for which it was being used.' It had been furnished plaintiff by McMinn, the *350defendant’s…
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