Sheridan v. Long Island Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Long Island- Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, •entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 22d day of November, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $13,500, .and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of November, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1DissentO’Brien, J.
This action, brought to recover damages for injuries suffered by the plaintiff, resulting in the loss of his left hand while he. was employed as a car inspector’s helper in the defendant’s railroad yard, was before this court on a former appeal (27 App. Div. 12) in which many of the facts are stated.
The plaintiff went to work for the defendant on the 1st of June, 1895, and on the morning of June twelfth, in the same year, he *391was directed to assist in taking oil the wheel of a car on what was known as a “ wheel spur track,” and, while so engaged under the car in prying up the wheel with a bar,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coppins v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Whittaker v. . D. H.C. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Hilts v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry.Michigan Supreme Court · 1885
- Corcoran v. . Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rd. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Moeller v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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