Legal Opinion

Wenzel v. . Patrick Ryan Construction Corporation

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 2, 1918PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a judgment, entered October 18, 1915, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict and directing a dismissal of the complaint in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of the defendant, his employer.

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Appeal from a judgment, entered October 18, 1915, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict and directing a dismissal of the complaint in an action to recover for the death of plaintiff’s intestate alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of the defendant, his employer. Defendant was a contractor doing certain concrete work upon a bridge across the East river and moved its material over a narrow gauge railway. Plaintiff, a brakeman in its employ, was caught…

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Hogan, Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin and Andrews, JJ.

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Alden Coal Mining Co. v. C. L. Amos Coal Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920

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