Bisson v. John B. Kelly, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia County, entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $15,000, after defendant’s rule for a new trial and motion for judgment n. o. v. were discharged.

On February 17, 1931, the plaintiff, while working on the construction of a building, was hit on the head and seriously and permanently injured by a piece of tile fall ing nearly fourteen feet and weighing twenty pounds. He was employed by the Gorham Company, subcontractor of the building’s bronze and ornamental iron…