Legal Opinion
Capetola v. Barclay-White Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 4, 1943No. 2397PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELSH, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding a verdict of $7,500 rendered by a jury in favor of the plaintiffs. The case involved an issue of law as to the applicability of the workmen’s compensation laws by virtue of the following circumstances.
The minor plaintiff, John Capetola, Jr., was employed as a bricklayer’s laborer by John B. Kelly, Inc., in August, 1941, and continued in that employment to December 16, 1941, the date of the accident out of which this case arises. The Kelly company was the brick work subcontractor under…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. ChambersSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- James Stewart & Co. v. SadrakulaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Murray v. Joe Gerrick & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- State v. Rainier National Park Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1937
3Cited by3 opinions
- Rita Jean Vasina, as of the Estate of William Arthur Vasina, Deceased v. Grumman Corp. And Grumman Aerospace Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Wallach v. LiebermanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Rita Jean Vasina, as of the Estate of William Arthur Vasina, Deceased v. Grumman Corp. And Grumman Aerospace Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981