Hurley v. Lukens Iron & Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Chester County, Aug. T., 1897, No. 19, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries, Before Hemphill, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Fell,
At the works where the plaintiff was employed, there were six blast furnaces located in a row on one side of the building at such a distance from each other as to leave a clear working space fifty feet wide in front of each furnace. The foundations of the furnaces extended below the steel floor of the building to the basement. Whenever it became necessary to repair a furnace a part of the floor in front of it was removed in order that the necessary materials might be lowered to the basement. The furnaces frequently required repairing, and it was not unusual for one…
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