Pittsburg Vitrified Paving & Building Brick Co. v. Fisher

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

James Lareau was employed by the defendant to work in its brick plant. His clothing caught on a set-screw projecting from a revolving shaft in the plant and he was killed. The administrator of his *578estate sued the defendant and recovered damages for the benefit of the deceased-’s next of kin, his father and mother. The defendant prosecutes error.

At the time of the casualty Lareau’s specific duties were those of an off-bearer from a repressing-machine. He removed pressed brick from a belt which carried them from the repressing-machine and…