Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co. v. Odle's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county-in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate was employed by the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company to work .in its mines in Wise county. While so employed he was taken sick and died. This action was brought against the company and the doctor employed by it to' attend the miners, on the ground that the doctor had negligently failed to render the necessary medical attention to the decedent, and that such- negligence caused or proximately contributed to decedent’s death. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $5,000, and to that judgment the writ of error in this cause was awarded. *285There was no…
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- Phillips v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
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