Michler v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.

Citations

• 70 Pa. Super. 429
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 268

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and-servant — Incompetent workmen — Death.</p> <p>In an action against a steel company to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband, the case is for the jury, and a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence tends to show that the deceased while working at a crane in the' defendant’s plant was struck by a circular plate weighing two tons which was lifted in the air, and so negligently handled as to swing against him and fatally injure him, and that the negligent handling of the crane was by an incompetent workman.</p>