Delaware, L. & W. R. v. Peck
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Richard G. Peck against the Delaware, Eackawanna & Western Railroad Company. To review judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error to a judgment upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for damages and costs in the sum of $25,057.31, for loss of left hand and of left leg below the knee, sustained by him while in the defendant’s employment. The action, is brought under the federal Employers’ Eiability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665). At the time he sustained the injuries in question the plaintiff was one of the local switching crew at Delawanna Station, N. J., and was setting the brake on an open coal car which was being switched from a siding back of the station known…
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