E. I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of the Circuit Court of Prince George County in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
A. L. Brown, a laborer, while employed by the E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, was injured by having his feet and legs burned by the refuse liquid acid in the place designated in the record as the “nitre cake dump” or “salt cake bed” or “basin,” in Plant A. A jury found a verdict in his favor upon which the court entered judgment, and of this the company is here complaining.
There are two assignments of error — one that the court erred in refusing to give certain instructions asked for by the company, as well as in giving over the company’s objection certain instructions asked for by the…
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