Dyer v. Pittsburg Bridge Co.
Dyer v. Pittsburg Bridge Co.
Opinion of the Court
No error was committed by the court in its refusal to direct the jury to render a verdict for the defendant. It was clearly within their province to determine from the evidence in the case whether the cause of the injury the plaintiff received was the negligence of the defendant, and if so whether the plaintiff’s own negligence contributed thereto. That it was the plain duty of the defendant company to provide a proper place and suitable appliances for the performance of the work its employees were required to do must bo conceded, and if the evidence disclosed an unwillingness of the company to provide such place and appliances, or having provided them, failed to maintain a proper supervision and care of them for the protection of their workmen, an inference of negligence would be the
Judgment affirmed.
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- Negligence—Master and servant—Suitable appliances. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff will be sustained where the evidence tends to show that the accident was caused by the fact that the mast of a derrick had become so decayed and rotten that a gudgeon pin had become loose in its socket, resulting in the breaking of a bolt, and that the derrick had not been properly inspected.