Laverty v. Harrisburg Rolling Mill Co.

Citations

• 17 Pa. Super. 66
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 254

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Wrongful dismissal — Negligence in performance of work.</p> <p>In an action by a puddler against his employer, a rolling mill company, to recover wages after he had been dismissed for alleged negligence in heating a “ scrap ball ” in the puddling furnace, a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained where it appears that there was no negligence on the part of the plaintiff in placing the scrap ball in the furnace, and that while it was in the furnace he was excused from work on account of sickness by the defendant’s authorized agent, and that he left the mill and did not return until after the scrap ball had been heated, and had been taken out of the furnace.</p>