Elkhorn Coal Corp. v. Guttadora

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Letcher circuit court, entered upon the verdict of a jury awarding the appellee, Joe Guttadora, $7,000.00 damages against the appellant, Elkhorn Coal Corporation, for personal injuries sustained by him, as alleged in the petition, through the negligence of the latter. The appellant is engaged in the business of mining and selling coal in Letcher county and owns and maintains in and about its mine railroad tracks and switches upon which it operates by electricity and the use of motors, cars for removing and…