Bennett v. New York & Queens Electric Light & Power Co.

Action to recover damages for wrongful death. Plaintiff’s intestate was electrocuted while working for a contractor on a sewer project in Queens County as a consequence of a boom attached to the contractor’s crane coming in contact with high tension wires maintained by the defendant parallel to the roadway in which the sewer job was in progress. Judgment for the plaintiff reversed on the law, with costs, and the complaint dismissed on the law, with costs. The findings of fact implicit in the jury’s verdict have been considered and are affirmed. Under the undisputed facts herein the happening…