Best v. Williamsport Staple Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 13, 1907

Best v. Williamsport Staple Co., 218 Pa. 202 (Pa. 1907)

67 A. 205; 1907 Pa. LEXIS 481

Brown, Fell, Mitchell, Potter, Stewart

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Whether the absence of a guard was negligence in the de*204fendant, or whether it was the proximate cause of the injury, need not be discussed. The plaintiff’s action in attempting to clean the rolls while they were in motion was an unnecessary and voluntary exposure to manifest danger, for the consequences of which his own negligence is alone responsible.

Judgment is affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name: Best v. Williamsport Staple Company
Cited By: 5 cases
Status: Published
Syllabus: Negligence — ■Master and servant — Dangerous machine — Voluntary exposure to danger — Nonsuit. Where a man twenty-three years of age employed for three weeks in a harness factory at a machine for pressing pieces of leather, attempts to clean the rolls while they are in motion, and is injured by doing so, his action in unnecessarily and voluntarily exposing himself to manifest danger, will relieve his employer from all liability for his injuries.