Hickey v. . Taaffe
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. The material facts are stated in the opinion. Between employer and employe ordinary care only is necessary, and, as in other cases, negligence is to be proved, and not presumed. (Steinweg v. E. R. Co., 43 N. Y. 123.) The master owes no duty to the servant to furnish the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeckham, J.
The plaintiff was a young girl employed by defendant in his laundry.- At the time of her first coming there in April, 1882, she was fourteen years and four months old, and was employed by the sister of defendant, who superintended that department of the work, to bunch collars and cuffs which was a perfectly safe employment. Before going to the laundry she had never worked nor seen machinery used in a steam laundry.' She remained at this employment until June sixteenth of the same year, when defendant’s sister came to her (as she says), and after telling her that the person who fed the machine…
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