Wells v. C. A. Agar & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Sarah E. Wells, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 25th day of May, 1916, upon a dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Dissent
Thomas, J. (dissenting):
This action for personal injuries was dismissed. The plaintiff had been four days in the defendant’s employ, and for the purpose of going to the women’s room she sought to pass from a smaller aisle into the main aisle, when she tripped over the handle of a hand truck, which lay in the main aisle close to a table, from which its handle projected about a yard, and a few inches above- the floor. Her notice of claim states the event and that there was a defect in the ways, worksj machinery and plant, and that it was a dangerous place in which to work. The accident happened…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dorney v. O'NeillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901