DeNardo v. Stephens-Jackson Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 319, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from .judgment C. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1915, No. 46, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James DeNardo v. Stephens-Jackson Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McKeen, J. The facts appear from the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,167.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 319, Jan. T., 1917, by defendant, from .judgment C. P. Northampton Co., June T., 1915, No. 46, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James DeNardo v. Stephens-Jackson Co. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McKeen, J. The facts appear from the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,167.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing to enter judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
Plaintiff, an Italian laborer, was employed by defendant in its business of mining slate rock, and was injured January 7, 1915, by the premature explosion of a blast. The business required a large amount of blasting, and plaintiff had been engaged seven years at that work for defendant. He was called a “hole man”; and his work was to load the holes after they had been drilled. He also performed other duties in this mine, where he began work when a boy. On the day in question, a hole three-fourths of an inch in diameter had been drilled to a depth of three and…
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