Furman v. Broscious

Citations

• 268 Pa. 119
• 110 A. 736
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 637

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Safe appliances — Assumption of risk — Safe place to work — Nondelegable duties — Negligence of foreman.</p> <p>1. An employee is not equally bound with his employer to know Whether or not appliances are reasonably safe and in ordinary use.</p> <p>2. It is only when an employee does or should know whether or not appliances furnished to him are reasonably safe and in ordinary use, that he assumes the risk growing’ out of their use by him.</p> <p>3. The duties to furnish a reasonably safe place to work, and reasonably safe tools, machinery and appliances, are nondelegable duties of the employer; apd he is liable for a failure of his foreman in these respects.</p> <p>Appeals — Statement of questions involved — Practice, Supreme Court.</p> <p>4. On appeal, this court will only consider matters which are specified in or suggested by the statement of questions involved.</p>