Iordio v. Director General of Railroads
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 80, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 28, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Elizabeth Di Iordio v. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, operating the Phila. & Reading R. R. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Miller, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 80, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 28, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Elizabeth Di Iordio v. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, operating the Phila. & Reading R. R. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Miller, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $10,000 on which judgment was entered for $7,000, all above that amount having been remitted. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was refusal of defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v., quoting record.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiff sued to recover damages for the death of her husband and received a verdict in her favor. The court below, in its opinion refusing motions for a new trial and judgment n. o. v. for defendant, concisely states the manner apd cause of the accident as foTfows: ‘[Aaídrab *113Di Iordio, the husband of plaintiff, was injured while engaged in his regular employment of unloading coal from cars standing on a single track siding in the yard of his employer, a manufacturing concern. The siding connected with the railroad of the defendant. A crew of six men had come…
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