Pratt v. McKee
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Michael Pratt, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of- Kings on the 4th day of May, 1909, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
The plaintiff was ..in the employ of the defendants, and was injured under the following circumstances : The defendants were engaged in doing the structural ironwork on a building at the corner of Flushing and Kent avenues in the borough of Brooklyn. The plaintiff was an experienced workman, had been employed as an ironworker for about ten years, had seek derricks moved and booms shifted, and understood and knew just how the work should be done. Charles Smith was defendants’ superintendent. Albert Erdt was what is known as a “ pusher.” Smith gave instructions as to how the Work was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Baulec v. . New York Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Cashman v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Gallagher v. . NewmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Cameron v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- Pratt v. McKeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911