Bralley v. Tidewater Coal & Coke Co.

Miller, President:

The plaintiff below recovered a verdict and judgment against defendant for $3500, for the death of G. T. Lipscomb, a coal miner, the result of being burned by gas generated in defendant’s mine and ignited from the lamp of another miner employed in another part of the mine.

The negligence charged in the four counts of the declaration is, that defendant wrongfully and negligently permitted fire damp, gases, vapor, and foul air to accumulate in the main and side entries; employed and retained incompetent and inexperienced agents and servants; failed to furnish safety lamps;…