Night foremen can become lifesavers only at their own risk, ruled last week Judge Nelson Mc-Vicar of the Pittsburgh Common Pleas Court. His decision saved the Fidelity & Casualty Co. $2,400, lost Mrs. Elsie A. Prettyman (widow of William A. Prettyman) the same amount.
On June 18, 1926, Mr. Prettyman, night foreman for a contracting company, rescued Anna Nice from drowning in the Alleghany River, was himself drowned. The Workmen's Compensation Board awarded his widow $8 a week for 300 weeks. To court went the Casualty Co....
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