Metzger v. Cramp

Citations

• 235 Pa. 17
• 83 A. 590
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 492

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Contractor and sub-contractor —Safe place to work.</p> <p>1. It is tbe duty of a general contractor to provide a reasonably safe place to work, not only for his own employees, but for the employees of a sub-contractor who are engaged in the general prosecution of the work.</p> <p>2. In an action against a general contractor to recover damages for the death of an employee of a sub-contractor, the case is for the jury, where it appears that the deceased was killed by falling over the edge of a dangerous passageway which was unfamiliar to him, and which had been left unguarded by the removal of a guard rail, at the instance of the general contractor, without notice to persons whose duties required them to work at the place where the accident happened.</p>