Sparrow v. Scranton Bolt & Nut Co.

Citations

• 253 Pa. 116
• 97 A. 941
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 795

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Dangerous machinery; — Failure to guard — Death—Rolling mill — Unguarded spindles — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action against a manufacturing company to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband, an employee of defendant, the case was for the jury and a verdict for the plaintiff will be sustained where there was evidence that it was decedent’s duty to adjust the set screws in a rolling mill, that such work could only be done while the spindles were running, that the rolls were not running properly at the time, that plaintiff was seen to go into the pit beside the spindles with a set of wrenches and a torch in his hand a minute before the accident and that his body was then seen to pass through the spindles,.which were unguarded.</p>