Schlappendorf v. American Railway Traffic Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the American Railway Traffic Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 31st day of March, 1910, upon the verdict of. a jury for $11,000, and also from an order bearing date the 30th day of March, 1910, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The plaintiff has recovered judgment' against liis former master, the defendant, for the sum of $11,142.89, for personal injuries resulting from the alleged negligence of .the master. The action was brought under the common-law rules of liability. The negligence asserted consisted of an alleged failure to furnish the plaintiff with reasonably safe appliances in doing the work in which he was injured. The plaintiff was a young man of no particular experience, and his work for the defendant was practically that of an ■ordinary laborer. ■ Before entering upon this employment he had no…
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