Legal Opinion
Boal v. Electric Storage Battery Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 25, 1938No. 6440PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Boal, after having worked for more than 10 years as a “pickier” in the defendant’s storage battery plant in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, developed a cancer on the under right side of his tongue. He brought this suit to recover damages for his injury on the ground that the cancer was caused by the inhalation of a sulphuric acid mist or spray in the pickling rooms in which he worked, and that the defendant was negligent: 1. in failing to warn him of this danger, 2. in failing to provide ventilating facilities, or 3. in failing to take any other precautionary…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Reed v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
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- Pershing Quicksilver Co. v. ThiersNevada Supreme Court · 1944
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