Legal Opinion
Kreger v. Baltimore & O. R. Co.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1927No. 3475PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.
This is an action by plaintiff, as administratrix of estate of Samuel B. Kireger, to recover damages for his death by electrocution on electric wires of defendant, on which he was working by virtue of his employment as an electric signal maintainer of defendant company.
The court directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant because there was no evidence of negligence on part of the defendant, and because Kreger assumed the risks of his employment.
The reasons urged by plaintiff’s counsel in argument of his motion for a new trial are: (1) Error on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Jacobs v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Junior v. Missouri Electric Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Nickerson v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Chisholm v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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