Andriuszis v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal ,by the defendant, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 20th day of May, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $22,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of May, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Purr, J". i
Defendant is engaged in the mining of coal. Among the mines operated by it is one situated at Gerardville, in the State of Pennsylvania. On March 1, 1909, plaintiff was injured while at work therein. The statute of the State of Pennsylvania provides that “ in all actions brought to recover from an employer for injury suffered by his employe, the negligence of a fellow servant of the employe shall not be a defense where the injury was caused or contributed to by any of the following causes, namely: * * * the neglect of any person engaged as superintendent, manager, foreman, or any…
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