Vagaszki v. Consolidation Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on writ of error to review a judgment upon a verdict for defendant in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought to recover damages in the sum of $30,000 for the death, on August 25, 1913, of George Yagaszki. At the time of his death he was 29 years of age, and was employed as a miner in a bituminous coal mine belonging to the defendant, and located at Jenner, in Somerset county, state of Pennsylvania. His death occurred while he was at work in mine No. 119, butt heading No. 8, second right, and was caused by a mass of rock which became detached from the roof of the heading, which struck and crushed him. There was no one with him at the time, and no one…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Yeaton v. FrySupreme Court of the United States · 1809
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