Quirk v. Bradley Contracting Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendant from judgment of the 'City Court of the city of New York in favor of plaintiff from order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
Plaintiff sues to recover damages for personal injuries. In December, 1913, the plaintiff was engaged in the construction of a section of the subway at Lexington avenue and Eighty-seventh street, in the borough of Manhattan. In the. prosecution of its work it appears that the defendant had covered the *369excavation in the street with boards, and the ordinary street traffic was over those boards. Plaintiff testified that on December 9, 1913, she was passing over this decking on the south crosswalk of Eighty-seVenth street and Lexington avenue from west to east; that she proceeded leisurely,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Walsh v. Central New York Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Henry v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Maloney v. Bradley Contracting Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1914