Lang v. Brooklyn City Railroad

The learned . court at Special Term granted a motion to strike out the name of Thomas Lang as a party plaintiff.

The complaint sets out that Thomas Lang was an employee of the James Sugden Company and while engaged in repairing an electric cable in a manhole for the defendant Brooklyn City Railroad Company, he was overcome by gas and injured. His employer, the James Sugden Company, was insured against claims arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Law for injuries to the plaintiff and his co-employees by The Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., of London.

Thomas Lang, the…