Sullivan v. Schweinler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on May 19, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
The complaint charges that the defendant was negligent in furnishing “unsafe, defective, insecure and unprotected machinery, attachments and appliances,” and particularly that the machine by which plaintiff was injured was not guarded in compliance with the Labor Law. The evidence tends to show no breach of duty by the master, unless it be" in the failure to guard the rod which caught plaintiff’s hair, and the charge of the court should have related only to that. The Labor Law (Laws of 1901, chap. 9, § 81)* provides: “ All vats, pans’, saws, planers, cogs, gearing, belting,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Logerto v. . Central Building Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Wynkoop v. Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Glynn v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908