Johnson v. Philadelphia House Wrecking Co.

Citations

• 55 Pa. Super. 623
• 1914 Pa. Super. LEXIS 26

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Unsafe place to work — Demolition of building:</p> <p>In a personal injury case against a company engaged in the business of the demolition of buildings, a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence for the plaintiff although contradicted tends to show that the taking down of the building in question was not done in a proper and customary way, that the plaintiff was a common laborer, unfamiliar with the work, that immediately before the accident he asked whether the place he was directed to go was safe, that defendant’s foreman assured him that it was safe, and that plaintiff relying upon the assurance proceeded with his work and was injured by the fall of a wall.</p>