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Show SUITS AGAINST UTAH COPPER Cifil Two Actions Filed in Federal Court Aggregate Damages of Over $40,000. " Two suits were transferred from the Third district court lo the federal court Saturday. One was that of Aristedcs Panos. administrator ad-ministrator of the estate of Peter Gcor-galres, Gcor-galres, against the Utah Copper company, com-pany, and is an action to recover $20,-000 $20,-000 damages for the death of Georgakes. In August, HH)S, Georgakes was cm-ployed, cm-ployed, as a laborer by the Utah Copper company, lie was a"t the time he received re-ceived the injuries which resulted in his death, according to ihe complaint, in the act of oiUng and greasing the steam shovel at Upper Bingham, which was being used for grading the railroad track. Suddenly, it is alleged, the shovel was put iii motion and Georgakes rocched. his mortal wounds. The suit was brought first in the Third district court, but has besn re-mdved re-mdved to the federal court. The other action is that of Franklin Frank-lin James Roebuck with the Utah Copper Cop-per company again a defendant, and the amount claimed is .$20,000. In this instance in-stance the claim is made for alleged permanent per-manent injuries- On August 2S last Roebuck was engineer on a work (rain at Upper liingham. lie alleges in his complaint (hat in backing up his train he reached a part of Ihe embankment 1 that was not snllicientlv strong to car-! ry the load. The embankment caved in, it is alleged, the locomotive and the entire train were thrown down t lie embankment em-bankment and Kocbnck received permanent perma-nent injuries for which he now asks $20,000 damages |