Craig v. Laflin & Rand Powder Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Laflin and Rand Powder Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered- in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 16th day of January, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of .January, 1900, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The plaintiff’s decedent, her husband, was killed by an explosion on the 3d of July, 1898, which wrecked the smokeless powder plant of the defendant located at Pompton in the State of New Jersey. He was the engineer of the plant and had been employed in that capacity since the previous May. He was informed at the time of his employment of the dangerous nature of the occupation, and in the month of J une stated to the superintendent that he had been thinking of leaving, because he thought the work dangerous, but had concluded to stay in eonsequencé of an increase in his pay. His…
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- Laidlaw v. . SageNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Ruppert v. . Brooklyn Heights R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Scandell v. Columbia Construction Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Babcock v. Fitchburg RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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