Cooper v. Penn Bridge Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
IIeabtno on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court on directed verdict for the defendant, in an action for damages for personal injuries.
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IIeabtno on an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court on directed verdict for the defendant, in an action for damages for personal injuries. The Cot;ut in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This action was for damages for personal injuries, and resulted in a directed verdict for the defendant at the close of the introduction of the evidence, which tended to establish the following: The defendant, the Penn Bridge Company, a corporation engaged in structural iron-bridge work, with shops at Claytonsville and Beavers Palls, Pennsylvania, has maintained an office in the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robb
That the erection of this structural iron-bridge span and the removal of the old span, a mass of structural iron 140 feet long, 18^2 feet high, and weighing many tons, was an undertaking requiring expert knowledge and supervision, may not be gainsaid. That such was the view of the defendant corporation is apparent from the fact that it maintained an experienced foreman to supervise and direct the work. Certainly the president of the company, who had general supervisory power over work in this District, did not undertake personally to direct operations;,for, as we have seen, in the month that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Martin v. Highland Park Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
- American Bridge Co. v. SeedsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- O'Hara v. Brown Hoisting Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1909
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