Lyons v. Peoples Savings Bank

Citations

• 251 Pa. 569
• 97 A. 68
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 505

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Elevators—Negligent operation — Fellow servant rule — Nonsuit.</p> <p>1. Where an employee is on the premises of his employer the relation of master and servant commences a reasonable time before the actual beginning of the work and continues a reasonable time after the work is over.</p> <p>2. Where a 'workman reached his place of employment five or ten minutes before he was actually to begin work, and while being transported in an elevator to the dressing room on an upper floor was injured in consequence of the negligence of the operator of the elevator, the relation of master and servant existed at the time of the injury; the operator of the car was a fellow servant with such workman and in an action against the master for the injuries sustained, a compulsory nonsuit was properly entered.</p>