Cicerello v. C. & O. Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
■Error to Circuit Court, Putnam County. Action by Bruno Cicerello, administrator of tlie estate of Prank Olvino, deceased, against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, President.
The plaintiff, as personal representative of Prank Olvino, deceased, seeks recovery of damages from defendant, for negligently causing the death of decedent on February 8, 1907, while employed by .Rinehart & Dennis, independent contractors, near Scott station, in Putnam county, in excavating and widening a hill side cut for another track along defendant's main line. Ol-vino's duty, as alleged, was to keep defendant's main track cleared of the dirt and rock which fell from the steam shovel employed in making the excavation. The negligence charged is, that defendant's servants…
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