Bryson v. Gallo
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. Action by Gaetano Gallo against Thomas B. Bryson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. Action by Gaetano Gallo against Thomas B. Bryson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This action was begun in the common pleas court of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, by Gaetano Gallo against the Tidewater Building Company and Thomas B. Bryson, to recover damages in the sum of $20,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by Gallo while in the employ of defendants and through- their negligence. The building company is a corporation organized under the laws of New York, and Bryson is a…
1Opinion of the CourtWarrington, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Although there are quite a number of assignments of error; the controversy is reducible to .two issues. One arises upon a claim that the accident was caused by admitted negligence of certain fellow servants of Gallo who were engaged at the derrick in giving orders for lowering and in handling the three steel beams. The other grows out of the receiving of evidence, and of a portion of the charge of the court below, touching a claim that Bryson failed to furnish appliances necessary to steady the beams as they were lowered and so failed to furnish Gallo a…
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