Moran v. Mulligan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George Mulligan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of üew York on the 31st day of March, 1905, upon, the verdict of a jury for $3,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of April, 1905, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. ■
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The defendant, on the 9th of January, 1902, operated a planing mill in the city of New York, and on that day the plaintiff, one of his employees, while removing shavings from near a molding machine, was struck ánd seriously injured by a knife which was used in that machine becoming detached, and this action was brought to recover the damages alleged to have been sustained The plaintiff had a recovery and defendant appeals.
In the molding machine there- were several knives attached to a cylinder by means of bolts which, when the machine was in full operation, revolved upwards of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Burke v. . WitherbeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- De Graff v. . N.Y.C. and H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Reiss v. New York Steam Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
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