Reusch v. Groetzinger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Reusch v. Groetzinger, 192 Pa. 74 (Pa. 1899)
43 A. 398; 1899 Pa. LEXIS 881
Ctteiam, Dean, Fell, Gbeen, McCollum, Mitchell
Reusch v. Groetzinger
Opinion of the Court
It is perfectly apparent from the testimony that the accident resulted from the manner in which one of the men handled his crowbar in the effort to move the large stone table. It slipped, from some cause, and as a consequence the table fell over and injured the plaintiff. It was an accident such as is likely to happen in the ordinary conduct of any business, and is one of the risks which is assumed by the workmen in taking such employment. There is no testimony in the case to show that the accident resulted from the negligence of the defendants.
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- August T. Reusch v. John C. Groetzinger, Robert W. Groetzinger and Charles G. Groetzinger, trading as Groetzinger's Sons
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- 2 cases
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- Syllabus
- Negligence—Master and servant—Bisk of employment—Fellow-servant. Where several workmen in a tannery are engaged in lifting a heavy stone table, and owing to the manner in which one of the workmen handles his crowbar, the table in some way slips, and injures another workman, the latter cannot recover damages from his employer, inasmuch as the accident was among the ordinary risks which he assumed in engaging in the work.