Collelli v. . Turner
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 13,1912, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term.
1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.
This action was brought by the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employ of defendants, and he seeks a recovery under common-law principles. The injuries sustained by plaintiff were the result of an accident to his hand while he was engaged in operating a press used for stamping skins. In the proper operation of this machine, as the result of pressing a treadle, the bed of the machine would rise against a die and make the desired impression upon the skin and then fall back.
It was the claim of the plaintiff that through the defective condition of…
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