Begley v. Ruud Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 247 Pa. 412
• 93 A. 500
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 851

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Dangerous machinery — Assumption of risk — Judgment for defendant n. o. v.</p> <p>An employee, who was injured while adjusting a belt connecting a gas engine with a generator while the engine was running rapidly, cannot recover from his employer for the resulting injuries where it appears that the belt was not required to be equipped with a belt shifter under the Act of May 2, 1905, P. L. 352, because it was a permanent means of connection between the engine and generator and was not intended to be shifted, and where, though plaintiff was ordered by the defendant’s superintendent to adjust the belt while the engine was running, it was dangerous so to do only if the engine was running rapidly of which plaintiff was fully aware; and where there was no other evidence from which defendant’s negligence could be inferred.</p>