Rettig v. Fifth Avenue Transportation Co.
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal by defendant from judgment entered on verdict of jury in favor of plaintiff and from order denying motion for new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The action was brought under the statute to recover damages for the negligent acts of the defendant in causing injuries to one George Rettig, which resulted in his death. It appeared that the decedent, a stage cleaner in the employ of the defendant, was on August 26, 1890, engaged with one McKenna, a co-workman, in the stage stables, cleaning the stages of the defendant corporation, when Mr. Parker, the superintendent of the horse department, called upon the decedent and McKenna to open a large door for the admission of a stage just returned from a trip, for the purpose of changing the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Railway Co. v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Turner v. . City of NewburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Pantzar v. . Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- McGovern v. Central Vermont R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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