Ramsay v. Arbuckle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, John Arbuckle and another, copartners, etc., 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 31st day of March, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of April, 1911, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
Plaintiff, defendants’ servant,, has recovered judgment for personal injuries received while correcting the adjustment of a coffee packing' machine, which was suddenly started into motion by a girl whose duty it was to deliver circulars to this and other machines. The machine was one of twelve then in use. Each had an attendant, and over the attendant were operators, of whom plaintiff was one, whose duty it was, upon discovering or learning of imperfect operation of á machine, to make such repairs as did not demand the skill of a mechanic. The plaintiff had stopped the machine for…
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