Case Name: The Pennsylvania Rd. Co. v. Malsek
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1928-03-28
Citations: 118 Ohio St. 644
Docket Number: No. 20545
Parties: The Pennsylvania Rd. Co. v. Malsek.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Day, Allen and Robinson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 118
Pages: 644–644

Head Matter:
The Pennsylvania Rd. Co. v. Malsek.
(No. 20545
Decided March 28, 1928.)
Messrs. Squire, Sanders <& Dempsey, for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Winch, Lurie, Addams & Burke and Mr. Edward Davidson, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
It is ordered and adjudged by this Court, that the judgment of the said Court of Appeals be, and the same is hereby affirmed, for the reason that a majority of the court are of opinion that the matter is controlled by the principle of the cases where the master, or one in authority over the servant, peremptorily orders him to do a particular work, apparently dangerous, yet such as a reasonably prudent person, acting under the influence or restraint of such an order, might in obedience thereto properly undertake to perform. The question whether a man of ordinary care and prudence, under such circumstances, would have proceeded with the work is one of fact for the jury, under proper instructions from the trial court, and the Court of Appeals was right in holding that the same should have been submitted to the jury.
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Day, Allen and Robinson, JJ., concur.