Northern Coal & Coke Co. v. Allera

The plaintiff’s husband, a miner, was working for defendant company in its coal mine. He and several other workmen were directed by the shift boss to' go into a room or chamber of the mine from which the coal had been taken ánd shoot down a stump or pillar of coal that was still standing there as a support of the roof, and afterwards to remove the debris and clear out the entry or passage-way which led to the chamber. "While doing this work, as the complaint states, plaintiff’s husband was killed by a rock which fell upon him from the roof of this passage-way while he was engaged in an…