Taylor v. Penn Steel Castings & Machine Co.

Citations

• 217 Pa. 269
• 66 A. 353
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 694

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Patent danger — Evidence—Contributory negligence.</p> <p>A workman who stumbles over a bolt projecting from a machine at which he is at work, and falls down a nearby elevator shaft cannot recover damages from his employer for his injuries, where it appears that the bolt projected from the machine for a useful purpose, that the workman long knew of its position which was patent to everyone, that the elevator shaft was provided with a guard which the workman refrained from using because of its inconvenience, and that although he had spoken two months before to the foreman about the bolt, no promise had been made to him in reference to it.</p>