Walters v. George A. Fuller Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant,, the George A. Fuller Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of November, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $8,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of November, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial, made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The main facts of this case, as they are now presented, are the same as appeared in the record when the cause was before us on a former appeal (74 App. Div. 388). The plaintiff’s intestate was working on the steel frame of a building in course of construction on the northwest corner of Wall and Water streets in the city of New York. A large derrick was used by the defendant in hoisting iron beams and columns, part of the framework of the building. This derrick was located at about the center of the lot. The plaintiff’s intestate was directed by the foreman to descend to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Stewart v. . FergusonNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Walters v. George A. Fuller Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902