Hamburger v. Cornell University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Hinman, J.:
The plaintiff has a verdict of $25,000 for the loss of sight of an eye, resulting from an explosion of chemicals in the course *665of an experiment which was being performed by her in the chemical laboratory of Cornell University as a part of her study of .chemistry. She was a student in the department of home economics in the State College of Agriculture, which is owned by the State but administered by the defendant. A prescribed subject of her study was chemistry, and at the time of the explosion the students were conducting the experiment under the direction of the defendant’s…
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