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· 1/4/1909

Weaver v. Carnegie Steel Co.

Citations

  • 223 Pa. 238
  • 72 A. 552
  • 1909 Pa. LEXIS 514

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Licensee or guest — Visitor to steel plant.</p> <p>Where a party of 200 men visit a steel plant for their own pleasure and gratification, and the steel company furnishes them with a guide, and one of the party steps outside of the path chosen, which was about twenty-five feet wide, and falls through an aperture in,the floor left open for the operation of the works, and is injured, such person being a mere licensee or guest, assumes the ordinary risks of a visit to such a place, and cannot recover from the steel company for his injuries.</p>

Judges: Brown, Elkin, Fell, Mestrezat, Mitchell, Potter, Stewart

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