Grossman v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.

In this case we are concerned with the sufficiency of a defense interposed by the Brooklyn Edison Company in an action for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the company’s employees in permitting a metal pipe to fall and strike the plaintiff, who was employed by another contractor in work on a building owned by the company. The defense alleged that plaintiff was entitled to compensation for his injuries under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, had filed a claim for and intended to take such compensation which was secured to him by his employer; that the action was…