Hayes v. Fay
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from affirmance by the General Term of the City Court of a judgment in favor of plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action is by an employee of the defendant to recover damages for injuries sustained March 7, 1896, while working on Second avenue near One Hundred and Twenty-second street, in an excavation made in the highway to connect the public sewer with adjoining property. The injuries are alleged to- have been caused “ by the' carelessness and negligence of the defendant in not providing the plaintiff a secure and safe place to work, as was his duty to do, in that he omitted and failed to sheath-pile said excavation so as to prevent the same, from becoming dangerous to life and limb, under the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kranz v. Long Island Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- In the Matter, Etc., Village of MiddletownNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Ciriack v. Merchants' Woolen Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Collins v. CrimminsThe Superior Court of New York City · 1895