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· 3/12/1917

Lung v. Sutton

Citations

  • 257 Pa. 152
  • 101 A. 458
  • 1917 Pa. LEXIS 696

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master a/nd servant — Safe place to work — Patent danger.</p> <p>In an action by an employee against his employer to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff in consequence of stepping into a hole in the floor of a building in which he was working, a nonsuit was properly entered where it appeared that plaintiff had noticed a number of similar holes and had attempted to cover them but had missed the one into which he (fell.</p>

Judges: Brown, Frazer, Moschzisker, Stewart, Walling

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