Barlow v. Standard Steel Casting Co.
Citations
- 154 Pa. 130
- 26 A. 12
- 1893 Pa. LEXIS 854
Syllabus
<p>Negligence — •Fellow servants — Defective machinery.</p> <p>A nonsuit is properly entered in an action for damages for personal injuries where it appears that plaintiff, while engaged in working at a crane arranged to move in “slow gear” and “fast gear,” was injured by the negligent conduct of his fellow workmen in permitting the crane to suddenly slip out of “slow gear” into “fast gear,” thereby breaking the handle of the crank, which had been cracked and of which the foreman had knowledge.</p>
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- general rule that competency of machine operator is not relevant where the driver did not take test or exert a total conscious effort is not applicable where trial court finds as a fact that driver did make a total conscious effort to take the test
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Judges: Dean, McCollum, Mstchell, Paxson, Sterrett
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