Gross v. Eagle Wheel Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 292, Jan. T., 1915, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 473, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alexander Gross v. Frank J. Grabowsky and Charles F. Altvater, copartners, trading as Eagle Wheel Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,955.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 292, Jan. T., 1915, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 473, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alexander Gross v. Frank J. Grabowsky and Charles F. Altvater, copartners, trading as Eagle Wheel Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for plaintiff for $1,955.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in submitting to the jury various questions and in overruling defendants’ motion for judgment non…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Feazee,
Plaintiff, an employee of defendant, was injured while operating a punching press by coming in contact with an unguarded cogwheel in the rear part of the machine. The wheel in which his hand caught was located on the right hand side of the press and guarded in front, which protection under ordinary conditions was ample to secure the operator from danger of contact. At the time of receiving his injury plaintiff had passed around the machine to the left for the purpose of recovering iron bars, intended to be passed through the , press, which had fallen to the floor…
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