Brooks v. Central Sainte Jeanne
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The facts,- which involve the application in a case for personal injuries in Porto Rico of the defense of negligence of a fellow-servant, and the determination of whether the employé of the defendant whose negligence caused the injury was a fellow-servant of the plaintiff, are stated in the opinion. The fellow-servant rule is not applicable. Plaintiff was not an employé of the defendant for any purpose.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The facts,- which involve the application in a case for personal injuries in Porto Rico of the defense of negligence of a fellow-servant, and the determination of whether the employé of the defendant whose negligence caused the injury was a fellow-servant of the plaintiff, are stated in the opinion. The fellow-servant rule is not applicable. Plaintiff was not an employé of the defendant for any purpose. During the enterprise resulting from an invitation to assist in the erection of the plant, plaintiff was not acting as an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action for personal injuries suffered in Porto Rico. The declaration alleges that the plaintiff at the defendant’s request made a trip on an automobile of the latter “for the purpose of aiding other employés of the defendant in moving a certain boiler which was the property of the defendant,” and that in returning from the trip the automobile was so negligently operated by the defendant, its agents and employes, that it was driven into a ditch and the plaintiff was badly hurt. There w;as a trial by jury, in which, at the end of the plaintiff’s evidence, the judge directed a verdict…
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