McGill v. Middletown Car Co.

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 114
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 186

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master -and servant — Unsafe place to work — Contributory negligence.</p> <p>In an action by an employee against his employer to recover damages for personal injuries, the question of the defendant’s negligence and plaintiff's contributory negligence is for the jury, where the evidence tends to show the injuries were caused to plaintiff by the falling of a pile of iron in the shop where he was working, that the iron had been unloaded from cars in an adjoining yard, that after being sheared into convenient forms, the forms were brought into the shop and placed near a hot stove, that owing to weather conditions these forms were partially covered with ice and snow, and when piled near to the stove they were affected by the heat, and that the ice melted, causing the slipping of the iron and injury to the plaintiff, as he was warming himself at the stove after returning from dinner.</p>