Dellasala v. Josephine Furnace & Coke Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 127, October T., by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Indiana Co., September T., 1911, No. 129, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Nicolena Dellasala v. Tbe Josephine Furnace and Coke Company. Trespass to recover damages for tbe death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Telford, P. J. The opinion of tbe Supreme Court states tbe facts.. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,416.66 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 127, October T., by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Indiana Co., September T., 1911, No. 129, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Nicolena Dellasala v. Tbe Josephine Furnace and Coke Company. Trespass to recover damages for tbe death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Telford, P. J. The opinion of tbe Supreme Court states tbe facts.. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,416.66 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were, among others, in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewaet,
The plaintiff’s husband was an employee of the defendant company. His appointed work was that of pipe fixer, the keeping in repair the various pipes throughout the furnace. He had been an assistant in this work for about two years, and had become chief pipe fixer about two weeks before the accident occurred. On the morning of the accident he reported to his superior that a spray pipe that extended around the furnace proper at an elevation of about forty feet from the ground, and which he had assisted to put in place, was out of order, stopped up, and asked for…
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- Bellows v. Pa. & N. Y. Canal & R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
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