McHugh v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.

Citations

• 219 Pa. 644
• 69 A. 90
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 643

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Fellow servant — Mistake of judgment —Dynamite—Explosion.</p> <p>An employer who uses dynamite in his business is bound to furnish a competent and experienced man to superintend the handling and management of such dangerous explosive, but if he does so, he is not bound to supervise every detail of the judgment exercised by the competent person whom he has placed in charge of the work. If such person makes a mistake of judgment resulting in an explosion, and another employee is injured, the employer is not liable for such injuries.</p> <p>Negligence — Master and servant — Extension of liability of employer— Statutes — Act of June 10, 1907, P. L. 523.</p> <p>The Act of June 10, 1907, P. L. 523, extending and defining the liability of employers in certain cases is not retrospective, and has no application to a cause of action which had its inception prior to the passage of the act.</p>