Dorney v. O'Neill
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by Henry B. Dorney against Hugh O’Neill to recover impersonal injuries received while in the employ of defendant. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and from an order denying motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while passing through a dark and narrow passageway in the delivery- department of the store of the defendant, his employer, on the evening of November 25, 1895. There have been two appeals,—one in this court (34 App. Div. 497, 54 N. Y. Supp. 235), when a judgment in plaintiff’s favor was reversed; and the other in the Second department (49 App. Div. 8, 63 N. Y. Supp. 107), when there was a reversal of a judgment dismissing the complaint. This obviates the necessity of giving a general statement of the facts. As…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McGovern v. Central Vermont R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- McGovern v. Central Vermont RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Dorney v. O'NeillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Dorney v. O'NeillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Dorney v. O'NeillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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