Delaney v. Penn Steel Casting & Machine Co.

Citations

• 30 Pa. Super. 387
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Safe place for employment — ■Evidence.</p> <p>In an action by a boy seventeen years old against a foundry company, Ms employer, to recover damages for personal injuries, the case is for the jury, and a judgment and verdict for plaintiff will be sustained, where the evidence tends to show that the plaintiff was injured before daylight on a Monday morning by a heavy door falling upon Mm; that on the previous Friday the door had become detached from its fastenings and had been temporarily placed in an upright position under the direction of the foreman, and with the approval of the president of the defendant company; that the position in which the door was left was dangerous, and it was liable to be toppled over by anyone attempting to open or close it; that the plaintiff was unaware of its condition, and in attempting to shut it caused the door to fall with the resulting injuries to himself.</p>