Danaher v. American Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The American Manufacturing Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York in favor of the plaintiff, rendered after a trial without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
The defendant operates a factory in which the machines are run by steam power. It employed the plaintiff’s daughter to attend *386one of the machines. While she was at such work on July 7th, 1904, her hand was caught in the machine and injured. She was born on June 8th, 1891, and was therefore only thirteen years and twenty-nine days old at the time of her hurt. She brought an action for damages against the defendant but died, not of her hurt, before it was tried. This action is by her father for loss - of her services while she was laid up from her hurt.
The labor law forbids that a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lee v. Sterling Silk Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Lee v. Sterling Silk Manufacturing Co.New York Supreme Court · 1905
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