Dorn v. Snare & Triest Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the City Court of the city of Mew York in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the verdict of a jury, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The plaintiff seeks by this action to recover for injuries caused by being struck on the head, on Movember 15, 1904, by an iron or other hard substance dropped during the construction of the Williamsburgh bridge and in particular that portion thereof which spans Delaney street, below Pitt and Willett streets, in the borough of Manhattan, Mew York city.
The accident was due to one Lamb, an iron-worker employed on said bridge, who allowed bis ratchet, with which be was drilling, to fall, hitting the plaintiff, who was directly beneath, on the head.
The defense is that Lamb was not in the…
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- Weber v. Buffalo Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Schiverea v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Wolf v. American Tract SocietyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Neumeister v. EggersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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