Ipock v. Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Whedbee, J., at November Term, 1911, of CRAVEN. Civil action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by alleged negligence on tbe part of defendant companies.
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Appeal from Whedbee, J., at November Term, 1911, of CRAVEN. Civil action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by alleged negligence on tbe part of defendant companies. There was evidence, on paid of plaintiff, tending to show that be was an employee, as section boss of tbe defendant companies and, on 24 August, 1908, be was seriously and permanently injured by tbe derailment of a band-car be was tben using in tbe course of tbe employment; tbe derailment being.caused by a defective wheel, attributable to negligence of defendants. The defendants denied tbe negligence and set up, by…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating tbe case: There was ample evidence to support tbe verdict on tbe issues as'to defendants’ negligence and the amount of damages awarded, tbe testimony of plaintiff tending to show that, on the derailment be received a blow on tbe back of tbe bead, from one of tbe bandies of tbe car, rendering him unconscious at tbe time, causing partial paralysis of bis limbs and seriously affecting bis mental capacity for several months after tbe occurrence; one of tbe physicians testifying, further, that in some of tbe effects tbe injuries were likely to be permanent; and it -was…
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