Welch v. Waterbury Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Waterbury Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 18th day of February, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of March, 1913, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The plaintiff was injured in 1907, while in the employment of the defendant, by coming in contact with unguarded cogwheels on machinery operated in the defendant’s factory. His action to recover damages for his injuries, based upon a claim of negligence on the part of the defendant, has passed through various stages, there having been three trials, two former appeals to this court and one to the Court of Appeals (136 App. Div. 315; 1M id. 213; 206 FT. Y. 522). On the last trial a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff. From the judgment entered upon this verdict, and from an order…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Knisley v. . PrattNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Grady v. National Conduit & Cable Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Welch v. Waterbury & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Welch v. . Waterbury Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Grady v. National Conduit & Cable Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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