Calhoun v. Holland Laundry

Citations

• 208 Pa. 139
• 57 A. 350
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 716

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and, servant — Defective machinery — Laundry—Province of court and jury.</p> <p>In an action by a woman against her employer, a laundry company, to recover damages for personal injuries, the case is for the jury where the evidence for the plaintiff, although to some extent contradicted, tends to show that at the time of the accident plaintiff was ironing shirts on a bosom board, which rested upon rollers used to pass the board under a hot cylinder; that upon the board was a neck clamp which was in a defective condition, so that plaintiff was compelled to use her hand on the board; that the engine which operated the machine was out of order and ran in jerks; that plaintiff had complained to the superintendent not only as to the defective condition of the neck clamp, but also as to the condition of the engine; that the superintendent had promised to remedy the defects, and directed her to go ahead, but that he did not remedy the defects; that at the time of the accident, when her fingers were upon the board, the engine gave a jerk, and her hand was suddenly caught under the cylinder before she knew it.</p>