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· 7/26/1900

Auburn v. Tube Works Co.

Citations

  • 14 Pa. Super. 568
  • 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 85

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Risks of employment — Negligence.</p> <p>If an employee having opportunity of becoming acquainted with the risks of his situation, accepts them, he cannot complain if subsequently injured by such exposure. By contracting for the performance of hazardous duties, he assumes such risks as are incident to their discharge from causes open and obvious, the dangerous character of which causes he has had opportunity to ascertatn.</p>

Judges: Beaver, Kennedy, Orlady, Porter, Rice

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