Eleganti v. Standard Coal Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. T. D. Lewis, Judge. Action by A. Eleganti, as administrator of the Estate of Giacomo Boetto, Deceased, against the Standard Coal Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, C. J.
*586The plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Giacomo Boetto, deceased, brought this action to recover damages caused by the death of said Boetto, who was an employee of the defendant company, and whose death, it is alleged, was caused through the negligence .of the defendant while the deceased was employed in the coal mine of the defendant in November, 1914. The action was based on our statute (Comp. Laws 1907, section 1518, subd. 3, as amended by chapter 78, Laws Utah 1913, p. 122), which reads:
“In all mines known to generate explosive gases, the mine foreman, or fire bosses, shall make…
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- D'Jorko v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
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