Hemscher v. Dobson

Citations

• 220 Pa. 222
• 69 A. 669
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 756

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Machine—Evidence—Nonsuit.</p> <p>In an action by a girl fourteen years old against her employer to recover damages for personal injuries, sustained by her hand being caught in a machine at which she was working, a nonsuit is properly entered, where the evidence shows that the machine suddenly started, and that plaintiff's hand was drawn in and injured, but there is no evidence whatever to show what caused the machine to start, or that the defendant was in any way responsible for the starting, or had any knowledge or reason to anticipate that the machine was liable to start of its own accord, or that the accident was caused by any lack of warning or instruction to the plaintiff.</p>