Szanborsky v. Armour & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Plaintiff was a mere invitee, as to whose safety defendant owed merely the duty of reasonable care: Nichol v. Telephone Co., 266 Pa. 464. Defendant was under no duty to warn plaintiff that a large electric motor, operating a driving belt, was dangerous : O’Keefe v. Thorn, 24 W. N. C. 379; Gallagher v. Snellenburg, 210 Pa. 642; Fletcher v. Traction Co., 190 Pa. 117. The fact that a machine is at rest at any particular moment does not render it any less dangerous under the…
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Plaintiff was a mere invitee, as to whose safety defendant owed merely the duty of reasonable care: Nichol v. Telephone Co., 266 Pa. 464. Defendant was under no duty to warn plaintiff that a large electric motor, operating a driving belt, was dangerous : O’Keefe v. Thorn, 24 W. N. C. 379; Gallagher v. Snellenburg, 210 Pa. 642; Fletcher v. Traction Co., 190 Pa. 117. The fact that a machine is at rest at any particular moment does not render it any less dangerous under the rule of law here applicable, for the very reason that it may start up at any time: Landis v. Curtis & Jones Co., Inc., 224…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Schafeee,
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries caused, so he alleges, by defendant’s negligence. He recovered a verdict and judgment and defendant appeals.
Appellee called at the branch packing house of defendant at the request of its manager to see the manager for the purpose of giving him information regarding the improper icing of some of defendant’s cars by an ice company. It was his third visit. The manager’s office fronted on a hallway. At the end of the hall and some six or more feet from the doorway leading into the manager’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Edmundson v. Monongahela Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Landis v. Curtis & Jones Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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