58 Pa. Super. 70 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1914
Opinion by
The plaintiff was an employee of a contractor who had engaged to paint the ironwork in the defendant’s manufacturing plant, and while working along the runway of an electric crane, was injured by the crane moving on him and cutting off a part of his hand. He had considerable experience in working about electric cranes,
The owner of a building is liable for the negligence of his servants which causes an injury to the employee of a contractor at work in the building: Connelly v. Faith, 190 Pa. 553; Perry v. Payne, 217 Pa. 252; Metzger v. Cramp, 235 Pa. 17. The jury could fairly find from the evidence that the operator of the crane was guilty of negligence in not giving the plaintiff notice of a movement of that machinery in his direction, and the question of the plaintiff’s contributory negligence was fairly submitted to the jury: Thorson v. Carnegie Steel Co., 238 Pa. 166; Edsberg v. Baldwin Locomotive Works, 240 Pa. 614. I
The judgment is affirmed.