Reinhart v. Griffin Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 249 Pa. 440
• 95 A. 102
• 1915 Pa. LEXIS 740

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Duty to instruct — Minor plaintiff—Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action by a seventeen year old girl plaintiff against her employer to recover damages -for personal injuries sustained while operating a steel press the case is for the jury and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff will be sustained where it appears that the plaintiff was directed by the assistant foreman of the shop in which she was employed to operate the press in question, of the operation of which she had no knowledge; that her duty consisted in feeding pieces of metal to the press and causing it to operate by pressure upon a foot lever; that the only instruction she was given was for a period of five minutes by a foreman who spoke broken English and was at times very difficult to understand and she was then left without further instruction and without further watching her operation to see that she had gained sufficient knowledge of the machine to properly and safely operate it; that the foreman had instructed her to remove the pieces of metal from the press by hand when necessary; and that while she, was attempting to do so the press repeated and caused her injury.</p>