Legal Opinion
Thomas Iron Co. v. Ensign-Bickford Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 8, 1945PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The following facts appear from the writ and complaint. Thomas Iron Company owned a mine located at Wharton, New Jersey, where the four individuals upon whose behalf the action is brought were employed as miners. While so engaged on October 4, 1940, they were injured by the premature explosion of a blast, alleged to have been due to the defendant’s negligence in manufacturing a fuse used in setting it off. The plaintiff company, pursuant to the workmen’s compensation law of New Jersey, paid and became obligated to pay substantial compensation to the four miners. On October 1, 1942, it brought…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Orr v. AhernSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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