250 Pa. 325 | Pa. | 1915
Opinion by
The one question in the case is whether the evidence warranted a finding that defendant’s omission of a statutory duty was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. A statutory duty resting on the defendant company was to “provide a sufficient covering overhead on every cage used by it for lowering or hoisting persons in any shaft.” Upon evidence abundantly adequate the jury found that the overhead covering upon the cages used in this particular shaft, at the bottom of which 'the plaintiff was employed, was insufficient, in that it did not extend over the entire platform of the cage. The
The assignments of error are overruled and the judgment is affirmed.