Scherer v. Holley Manuf'g Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Niagara county. Action by Peter Scherer against Holley Manufacturing Company for personal injuries. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of defendant, directed by the court, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The business of the defendant in the operation of its foundry and machine shop at Lockport, N. Y., has for many years been the manufacture of pumping engines and pumps for waterworks. The plaintiff, employed by the defendant as laborer in the molding department, was on June 30, 1892, injured by molten iron thrown out of a ladle or bucket suspended from a crane. The charge is that the cause was a defective condition of the apparatus attributable to the negligence of the defendant. The method of conveying melted iron from the furnace to the place of molding the castings was in a large iron…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Elwood v. . the Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Devlin v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Pantzar v. . Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Burke v. . WitherbeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Volkmar v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
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- O'Flaherty v. Nassau Electric RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898