Legal Opinion

Boyle v. A. C. Cheney Piano Action Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 8, 1920PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Vincent Boyle, an infant, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Rensselaer Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer on the 22d day of March, 1920, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint, and also an appeal by said plaintiff from the judgment entered in said clerk’s office upon said order.

1Opinion of the Court

H. T. Kellogg, J.:

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant in its factory; that while so employed he was seriously injured by the negligence of the defendant; that the defendant failed to supply the plaintiff with a safe place to work; that it directed him to undertake dangerous work; that it maintained machinery in its factory in an unsafe and improper condition; that it failed to protect plaintiff from injury by its machinery; that it omitted the use of safeguards and appliances to protect him; that it failed to disconnect its machinery when not in motion; that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Karpeles v. . HeineNew York Court of Appeals · 1919

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Noreen v. William Vogel & Bros.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
  2. Grand Rapids Trust Co. v. Petersen Beverage Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Widdoes v. LaubSuperior Court of Delaware · 1925
  4. Ulrich v. Terminal Operating Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Claim of Murphy v. Alliance Printing Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921

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