Riccio v. International Railway Co.

The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for personal injuries, claimed to have been received by him while alighting from one of defendant’s street oars, caused by the sudden starting of the car, by which it is alleged he was thrown to the pavement.

It appears from the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff that, for several days prior to the accident, he had been employed by the defendant as a laborer, engaged with others in constructing tracks in a neighboring street near the place of the accident; that he received one dollar and seventy-five cents a day for his labor, and was…