Legal Opinion
Gorlin v. Master Contracting Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 20, 1958PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin Brenner, J.
Plaintiff, a plumber, claimed to have sustained an eye injury from a protruding wire in a newly constructed foundation wall, and, after receiving an injection of tetanus antitoxin, became ill with serum poisoning, technically described as allergy poly-arthritis. The jury found in the sum of $20,000 against the general contractor and the subcontractor for actionable negligence and for violation of subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 241 of the Labor Law and the applicable rules of the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals.
One of the grounds claimed for setting the verdict aside is that the…
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- Walters v. Rao Electrical Equipment Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1942
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