Cutler v. Kolb Bakery Co.

Citations

• 273 Pa. 59
• 116 A. 518
• 1922 Pa. LEXIS 515

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Elevators—Contributory negligence — Baching into an elevator space without looking.</p> <p>Where a person knowing that the opening to an elevator on an upper floor is unguarded, and that if the elevator moved there would be no gates for protection, deliberately steps backwards for seven feet to the elevator shaft, without turning his head or looking backward, and falls down the shaft, he cannot recover damages for his injuries from the owner of the building.</p>