Sorden v. Parker

Citations

• 53 Pa. Super. 539
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 216

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Foreman—Fellow servant — Rigger— Act of June 10,1907, P. L. 528.</p> <p>1. When a manager or vice principal undertakes work in simple co-operation with other servants, and upon precisely the same footing with them, he becomes for the time being a mere fellow servant with them acting as such, and the Act of June 10, 1907, P. L. 523, has no application.</p> <p>2. Where the foreman of one engaged in the rigging and hoisting business undertakes to hold a ladder which a helper has ascended under his orders, and negligently lets go his hold on the ladder so that the helper is injured, the latter cannot recover damages from the employer for the injuries sustained.</p>