Davis v. Somers-Cambridge Co.

Citations

• 75 Ohio St. (N.S.) 215

Syllabus

<p>Employe in position of danger — With respect to dynamite magazine —Can not recover damages, when — Employe held to have assumed risk — Negligence—Master and Servant.</p> <p>An employe who, knowing and appreciating the risk, voluntarily places himself in a position of danger with respect to a dynamite magazine located on the premises of his employer, can not recover for personal-injuries occasioned by the accidental explosion of said magazine without fault on the part of the employer, although such employe may not have known and realized all the possible consequences of the danger, or the precise extent and character of the injuries he would sustain in the event of an explosion. He will, under such circumstances, be held to have assumed the risk of all injury that might reasonably be expected to result to him as a consequence .of such accidental explosion.</p>