Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. v. Yurkonis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error to review a judgment entered' on the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for $50,000 for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employment of the defendant, which verdict under an order of Judge Chat-field the plaintiff consented to reduce to $36,000.
July 6, 1911, the plaintiff, who was a certified miner, employed for 18 years in the Pettibone anthracite coal mine, owned by the defendant, was terribly injured by the explosion of a blast which he had prepared. May 7, 1913, this action was brought in the Supreme Court of New York for…
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