Brislin v. Kingston Coal Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1898, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Dennis Brislin, Guardian of James Noonan, v. Kingston Coal Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,500. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The plaintiff, a boy fourteen years of age, had been employed about the works of the defendant company for almost two years prior to receiving the injuries out of which this case arose. He had first worked at picking slate, which employment did not bring him in contact with the machinery by which he was subsequently injured. About two months prior to the accident the plaintiff was put to work at cleaning the dust chutes, but in that occupation there was nothing to familiarize him with the operation of the machinery. About a month before the accident, the plaintiff…
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