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· 6/4/1907

Zearfoss v. Norway Iron & Steel Co.

Citations

  • 218 Pa. 594
  • 67 A. 867
  • 1907 Pa. LEXIS 579

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Dangerous employment — Lack of i/istructions.</p> <p>Where an ordinary laborer in a steel works is hurriedly and imperatively ordered by the foreman to do certain work as a cupola tender, as to which work he is unfamiliar and uninstructed, and it appears that at first he objected, and then obeyed, and is injured while performing the work, the question of the employer’s liability for the injuries sustained is for the jury.</p>

Judges: Brown, Elkin, Erkin, Fell, Mitchell, Potter

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