Skidmore v. Rosenblatt

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in moving shrubs on the premises of defendants, his employers, judgment in favor of defendants, entered on a dismissal of the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case, reversed on the law and a new trial granted, costs to abide the event. There was prima facie proof of negligence on the part of defendants in failing to provide a sufficient number of workmen to perform the work safely. (Pantzar v. Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co., 99 N. Y. 368; O’Connall v. Thompson-Starrett Co., 72 App. Div. 47; Farley v. White…