Allerton Packing Co. v. Egan

Citations

• 86 Ill. 253

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence—in providing machinery. Where a person provides machinery to be used by his employees he can not beheld liable for injury received by the imperfection thereof, if he has used a very high degree of care in its manufacture or selection, both as to the material and construction. The court does not decide whether ordinary prudence and care, in this respect, are sufficient to exonerate the employer.</p> <p>2. Same — contributory. In a suit by an employee of a company to recover damages for an injury received by the explosion of a steam tank, it was held' that no recovery could he had if the explosion was caused by the plaintiff’s own act in changing the safety-valve intentionally, or by running against it accidentally, and failing to report the fact to the engineer. If he changed the safetj'-valve intentionally, the act was reckless, and if by running against it, his failure to notify the engineer was gross negligence.</p>