Johansen v. Eastmans Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion ny the plaintiff, Jacob Johansen, for a new trial upon a ease containing exceptions, ordered to be heard ■ at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction-of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J. :
The plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant when he was injured. At.the time, of the accident he was in the basement of the *271defendant’s building, upon a platform, shovelling fat. This fat came down from an upper story, through chutes, and two men, of whom the plaintiff was one, were employed to shovel the fat into a chopping machine. This platform upon which the men worked was about five feet from the ceiling. Over the platform and near the ceiling there was a shaft which revolved* rapidly. The plaintiff, while engaged in shovelling fat, slipped, and, throwing up his arm to…
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