Pakusewski v. Ringwood Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vredenburgh, J.

The plaintiff, while in the defendant’s employ, engaged at work—assigned him by the company’s foreman—shoveling and loading iron ore into cars upon its tracks within its iron mine in Passaic county, Hew Jersey, had his leg crushed by rock which fell or slid down by gravity, and without warning, upon him. He has brought this action to recover compensation in damages for this injury. His declaration avers substantially that his injury resulted from the defendant’s negligence in failing to taire reasonable care to provide him a reasonably…