Lake Erie Iron Co. v. Karpinski

Citations

• 33 Ohio C.C. Dec. 323
• 21 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 207
• 1905 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 406

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT — PLEADING</p> <p>Plaintiff Must Plead Ignorance of Defects or Dangerous Conditions.</p> <p>In an action for death by wrongful act, caused by a defect in the appliances, places or ways which the employer has furnished for his employe, it is necessary to aver want of knowledge of such defect or danger on the part of the employe, and an averment that the employe did not know or appreciate the danger of the particular casualty by which he was in fact overtaken is not sufficient.</p>