Brown v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 154, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1911, No. 2763, for defendant n. o. v., in case of George Brown v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, a Corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,500. The court subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 154, Oct. T., 1916, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1911, No. 2763, for defendant n. o. v., in case of George Brown v. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, a Corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Swearingen, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,500. The court subsequently entered judgment for defendant n. o. v. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while in defendant’s employ. At the time in question defendant had in one of its departments certain machines known as “punching presses” used for trimming and fitting sheets of steel. The power was transmitted to the machines by means of belting, and each was in charge of an operator called a pressman assisted by a press helper. The upper part of the press was arranged so as to be lifted by the applied power and so that when released it would fall with great force upon the…
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