Foster v. International Paper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The International Paper Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 12th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $11,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the. 15th day of April, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, The International Paper Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Orange on the 12th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $11,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the. 15th day of April, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. This appeal was transferred from the second department to the first department.'
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The defendant in this action was engaged in the operation of a paper mill at Niagara Falls in this State, and the plaintiff was at work at the time of the accident in installing some new machinery in the mill. On the morning of the 8th of Jane, 1900, the plaintiff was caught hy a revolving shaft and severely injured, and it is to recover for such injuries that this action was brought. The complaint alleged as the negligence of which the defendant was charged, that the “ shafting and machinery were not constructed or protected in accordance with law, and that the * * * (set) screw…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Glens Falls Portland Cement Co. v. Travelers' InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
3Cited by4 opinions
- Walker v. Newton Falls Paper Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Shaw v. Union Bag & Paper Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- International Paper Company v. Bronko F. JelenicCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952
- Wittmer v. FairhurstAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909