Stevenson v. New York Contracting Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the New York Contracting Company —. Pennsylvania Terminal, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York pn the 9th day.of January, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $15,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of January, 1909, denying.the defendant’s motion -for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The plaintiff was a brakeman on one of the construction trains operated by the defendant in its excavation for the new terminal station of the Pennsylvania railroad in the borough of Manhattan. While so employed he received such injuries as to fully justify the verdict of $15,000 which he received, provided the defendant, under, the well-settled principles of law, whs responsible therefor, and of such a character as to excite the sympathy of the jury. Indeed, the recital thereof in the record on appeal presents so strong a picture of human suffering and deformity, as to make the…
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