Central R. of New Jersey v. Colasurdo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Michael Colasurdo against the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. From a judgment awarding plaintiff $7,000 damages for injuries sustained by him while in defendant’s employ in repairing a switch in defendant’s switchyard, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
COXF, Circuit Judge.
[1] On Christmas Day, 1908, the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a trackwalker. At about 7 o’clock in the evening, it being then dark, the plaintiff and two other employes were engaged in repairing a switch in the Jersey City yard, the work being in charge of Patrick Nighland, a foreman. Nighland was engaged in making the repairs and the plaintiff and Saldero, the other trackwalker, were assisting him, the plaintiff holding a lantern and Saldero a crowbar. Shortly before the accident a train of four cars arrived at the station, where connection is made with…
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