Eddleman v. Pennsylvania Co.

Citations

• 223 Pa. 318
• 72 A. 557
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 533

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Fellow servant.</p> <p>Where the danger in working near a steam hammer in a railroad company’s shops is obvious, and is as fully understood by a workman as by his employer, the workman will be considered to have assumed the risk; and if the danger is a transitory one resulting from carelessness and inattention of fellow workmen, such as a hammerman or a blacksmith, the workman injured cannot recover from his employer.</p>