Nantico v. Matuszak

This is a suit by an employee against his employers to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as the result of a fall on a basement stairway on the defendants’ premises. The case was tried by jury, plaintiff had verdict for $5,000 and from the judgment entered on the verdict the defendants appeal. The defendants make no claim they had less than eight employees, did not carry workmen’s compensation insurance, and concede that they were barred from interposing the defense of contributory negligence (unless wilful), negligence of a fellow employee, and assumed risk. "Workmen’s…