O'Connall v. Thompson-Starrett Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
APPEAL by the defendant, The Thompson-Starrett Oomp~ny, from a judgment of the. S~preine. Oourt in .fa~,or Qf the piaintiff~ entered in the office of th•e c'erk of the cOunty of Ne~ York on the 29th day of January, 1902, 1~pon the verdiOt of ~a jury for $1,100, and also from. an order entered iii. said clerk's office oil t1~e 31st day of January,. 1902, denying the defo~.d.ant's. .mot~~n for a new trial made upon tile minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries received, resulting in the death of plaintiff's intestate, which it is claimed were produced by the negligence of the defeiTdant.
The plaintiff's intestate was employed by the defendant at. the corner of Fifth avenue ~nd Fifty-fifth street where an excavation for a building was being made. While employed iii lowering and putting in place certain, tjrnbers f~r th~ support of a bi~idge used 1~y the publi~ as a sidewalk over the excavation he. -was thrown from' a timber upon which he was. standing, pre~ipi'tated ipto the excavation…
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