Lung v. Sutton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Lung v. Sutton

101 A. 458, 257 Pa. 152, 1917 Pa. LEXIS 696

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedMarch 12, 1917

DocketAppeal, No. 185

StatusPublished

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Lung v. Sutton, 101 A. 458, 257 Pa. 152, 1917 Pa. LEXIS 696 (Pa. 1917).

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Opinion

Per Curiam,

The appellant, an employee of the appellees, was injured by stepping into a,hole in a floor of a building in which he Avas Avorking. Having noticed a number of holes in this floor, he proceeded, before starting to Avork, to cover them Avith boards procured from another floor, but unfortunately missed, as he frankly admitted in his testimony, the one into which he fell. His failure to cover that hole resulted in his injuries, and for this reason the court beloAv could not have avoided the entry of the non-suit.

Judgment affirmed.

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Per Curiam,

The appellant, an employee of the appellees, was injured by stepping into a,hole in a floor of a building in which he Avas Avorking. Having noticed a number of holes in this floor, he proceeded, before starting to Avork, to cover them Avith boards procured from another floor, but unfortunately missed, as he frankly admitted in his testimony, the one into which he fell. His failure to cover that hole resulted in his injuries, and for this reason the court beloAv could not have avoided the entry of the non-suit.

Judgment affirmed.

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101 A. 458, 257 Pa. 152, 1917 Pa. LEXIS 696, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/lung-v-sutton-pa-1917.