Collins v. Crimmins
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal by defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon - a verdict of a jury, and from prder denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal-' injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the *25alleged negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a laborer, and was injured by the falling of a bank of earth while he was engaged in excavating the bank in a trench in Third avenue at the intersection of One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street during the building of the Third Avenue Cable railway. The trench occupied the greater part of the entire width of the roadway of the avenue, and, at the time of the accident, was in some places •eight or ten feet…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kranz v. Long Island Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Murphy v. . Boston and Albany Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
3Cited by3 opinions
- O'Connell v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Connelly v. RistNew York Supreme Court · 1897
- Hayes v. FayAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1898