Mohn v. Pennsylvania Steel Co.

Citations

• 222 Pa. 217
• 71 A. 16
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 683

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Evidence—Contributory negligence.</p> <p>In an action against a steel company to recover damages for the death of one of its workmen, binding instructions for defendant are proper where the evidence shows that the deceased worked at a gas making plant which produced two kinds of gas at a machine equipped with two valves; that when one kind of gas was to be produced, one of the valves was to be opened and the other to be closed and that the deceased instead of opening one and closing the other, opened both of them simultaneously, causing a rush of gas which fatally burned him.</p>