American Mfg. Co. v. Bigelow
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Action at law by Clara Bigelow against the American Manufacturing Company. _ Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This cause comes here upon writ, of error to review a judgment of the Circuit Court, Eastern District of New York, entered upon a verdict in favor of defendant in error, who was plaintiff below.
1Opinion of the Court
RACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
[1] The action was brought under the employers’ liability act (section 200 of chapter 31 of the Consolidated Raws of New York) to recover for injuries sustained from having plaintiff’s fingers caught in the gear wheels of a spinning frame. The plaintiff’s story was to the effect that she was a “back-tender” at the frame in question, and was on her knees at the back of the machine cleaning it from fluff and dirt, an operation which was performed every Wednesday; that the machine had been stopped or “doffed” to enable her to do so, a rule of the company forbidding all…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Luby v. . the Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Butler v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Furst v. . Second Avenue Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Guilmartin v. . Solvay Process Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1907
- United States v. KingU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1888
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