Hartman v. The Berlin & Jones Envelope Co.
New York Supreme Court
Motion to set aside a verdict and for a new trial;
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
While the plaintiff was attempting to lift an oil barrel from a tank about on a level with his shoulders *31it struck against him with such force as to throw him backward ' and onto a rapidly revolving flywheel belt, causing him very serious injuries. The belt ran from a drum about seven feet from the floor in a slanting direction toward and through the floor, parallel with the oil tanks and about two and one-half feet from them. As the plaintiff was at work lifting down- the oil barrel, as directed by his master, the flywheel belt was revolving, about two and one-half feet behind him. This belt…
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