Mingo v. Rhode Island Co.

This is an action at law to recover damages for negligence. The plaintiff, a truck driver in the employ of the Providence Coal Co., on the 16th day of August, 1916, was injured in a collision between his truck and a trolley car of the defendant, caused, as he alleges, by the negligence of the defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and in its second plea alleges that on September 27, 1916, the plaintiff and his emplojrer entered into an agreement in accordance with the “Workmen's Compensation Act,” whereby the said coal company agreed to pay the plaintiff a certain sum for medical…