Loring v. Maine Central Railroad

This action of tort to recover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff while employed by the defendant *371Railroad Company, as a signal helper, comes before the Law Court on exceptions to the refusal of the presiding Justice to direct a verdict for the defendant, and on a general motion.

The plaintiff, declaring in negligence at common law, alleges that the defendant is a non-assenting employer of more than five workmen, and invokes the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, R. S., Chap. 50, as amended by P. L. 1919, Chap. 238, which bars the common law defenses (a) that the…