Horan v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 8th day of March, 1915, on the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of March, 1915, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s…
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Appeal by the defendant, The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 8th day of March, 1915, on the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of March, 1915, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of February, 1915, granting plaintiff an extra allowance.
1Opinion of the Court
Stapleton, J.:
The plaintiff’s intestate was killed by electricity in the State of Connecticut on the 6th day of April, 1914, about ten o’clock in the forenoon. He was in defendant’s employment and was engaged in installing new safety devices, called protectors, designed to sustain defendant’s signal wires in the event of a break. The protectors are composed of metal shafts and iron caps. They are attached to the wires by two bolts and set over the insulators. The wires are used to signal trains operated by the defendant as a common carrier by railroad while engaged in commerce between several…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. HortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Collelli v. . TurnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Davis v. Gas Engine & Power Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Depirro v. John N. Robins Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1913