Laubach v. Coplay Cement Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 217 Pa. 361
• 66 A. 566
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 717

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Quarryman—Defective machinery— Case for fury.</p> <p>In an action by a quarryman against his employer to recover damages for personal injuries, it appeared that plaintiff was struck and injured by a piece of timber forming one of the braces or crosspieces at the top of the derrick, which was knocked off by collision with a bucket of stone raised from the quarry by a steam hoist. The negligence relied on by plaintiff was, first, that the derrick was defective in regard to its strength for such heavy work as it was called upon to do; and, secondly, that the steam hoist was allowed to be operated on this occasion by a boy of eighteen who was only a learner, still under instruction in the management of the engine, and who by lack of proper experience and skill ran the bucket loaded with-stone, at such speed that it struck the crosspieces and caused the accident. There was testimony on both these points. Held, that the case was for the jury.</p>