PERRONE v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

No. 311.

136 F.2d 941 (1943)

PERRONE v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

July 8, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. McLaughlin, of New York City (Harry S. Austin, of New York City, and Vine H. Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellant.

Alfred W. Andrews, of New York City (William L. Shumate, of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff was a plumber, employed by a subcontractor in installing waste pipes in defendant's railroad station. He received injuries on February 20, 1942, caused by coming in contact with a trolley wire charged with eleven thousand volts of electricity and located over track number 18 at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City. It appeared that he received an electric shock from contact with the wire while he was standing...

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