The Archive · 1939

U.S. Court

Mrs, Mariepolsky Awarded U.S. $1,200 — In the United States Court for

China yesterday, an opinion rendered some time ago, which had been withdrawn for further study, was restored and adhered to in ihe case in which Mrs. Elisabeth A. Marie-polska sued the Shanghai Telephone Company for U.S. $10,000.

Mrs, Mariepolsky had been in the employ of the Shanghai Telephone Company as an exchange operator and on February 9, 1934, slipped on a highly polished floor in one of the exchange buildings belonging to the company. She fractured her hip and had to undergo a lengthy treatment. although for some time she was still on the defendant company's pay-roll, When the case was heard in 1936, plaintiff was awarded U.S. $1,200 damages but the judgment was subsequently withdrawn for further study, until yesterday when the Court restored it.

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