Skelley v. Crutchfield

Citations

• 17 Pa. Super. 198
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 279

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and. servant — Fall of elevator.</p> <p>In an action by an employee against his employer to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by reason of the fall of an elevator, a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence tends to show that for at least a month prior to the accident the elevator was in a dangerous condition; that complaint was made to one of the defendants; that the employees were thereupon forbidden to ride thereon, but directed to use it for transporting freight; that it had dropped with a load a short time before the accident; that plaintiff was using it as directed by the defendants and, in doing so, without any fault of his, it suddenly, without any warning, dropped to the cellar carrying him with it; that the elevator was without safety appliances, except counter balancing weights which were insufficient to hold the elevator up if the beveled gear by which it was operated separated to the slightest extent.</p>