Weaver v. Carnegie Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1904, No. 472, on verdict for defendant in case of Joseph Weaver v. Carnegie Steel Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brown, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 183, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1904, No. 472, on verdict for defendant in case of Joseph Weaver v. Carnegie Steel Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Brown, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in giving instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
In this action the appellant sought to recover damages for personal injuries; and he complains in this appeal of the trial judge for directing a verdict for the defendant. It appears from the evidence that in one of the buildings upon the premises of the defendant company, in front of a long row of open hearth furnaces, was an iron and brick floor. This was known as the “charging floor,” and it extended in width from the doors of the furnaces to the wall of the building, a distance of forty-four feet. For a distance of about twenty feet from the furnaces the floor…
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