Fritz v. Sax & Abbott Construction Co.

Citations

• 245 Pa. 171
• 91 A. 240
• 1914 Pa. LEXIS 854

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Building—Collapse—Death— Judgment for defendant n. o. v.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, an employee of the defendant company, which death was occasioned by the collapse of a part of a building on which he was working, alleged to be due to improper shoring, judgment is properly entered for the defendant non obstante veredicto where it appeared that the deceased was the superintendent in charge of the entire work and as such had equal opportunity with his superiors of remedying defects in the shoring if any existed, and further that the evidence in the case was insufficient to justify the opinion that the fall of the building was owing to defects in the shoring.</p>