Simpson v. New York Rubber Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Dutchess county. Action by George L. Simpson against the New York Rubber Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while engaged at work in defendant’s factory. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $5,000, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff,, entered upon the verdict of a jury. The action is to recover damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant, and had worked in its factory for some two years before the occurrence of the accident. On the occasion of that accident, while moving a truck, he slipped and fell, and his hand and arm *340were caught in some cog gearing, and so injured as to necessitate partial amputation. The action is based upon the statute requiring cogs, gearing, etc., to be properly guarded (Laws 1892, c. 673). The questions of…
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