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Show ALIENS' RIGHTS SUSTAINED. Non-residents May Recover Damage Under Employers' Liability Law. Washington. Non-resident aliens may recover damages under the employer's em-ployer's liability law for the negligent killing of those supporting them, according ac-cording to a decision Monday by the supreme court in the case o Patrick and Bridget McGovern of Ireland. They had been awarded a judgment for $750 for the killing of their son, while working in the Reading terminal termin-al at Philadelphia, but the third circuit cir-cuit court of appeals set aside the verdict ver-dict on the ground that non-resident aliens could not recover under the law. The case has been the subject of diplomatic -exchanges. |