Susko v. Harleigh-Brookwood Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 255, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1913, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Michael Susko v. Harleigh-Brookwood Coal Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bechtel, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,000, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 255, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1913, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Michael Susko v. Harleigh-Brookwood Coal Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Bechtel, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,000, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, inter alia, were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and refusal to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam,
The main question presented by this appeal is whether the plaintiff made out a case which entitled him to go to the jury. He was employed by the defendant for outside work at its colliery and on the morning of the accident he was directed by the foreman to leave the work at which he was engaged and to follow him to another part of the works. He testified that in following the foreman along a well defined path used by workmen that led over a culm bank, he was seriously injured by stepping into a large open barrel of hot water, which was sunk to within two inches of the surface of…
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