Legal Opinion
De Luca v. Fehlhaber Corp.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided January 14, 1963PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur Wachtel, J.
This case was submitted to the jury after the court reserved decision upon motion of defendants for a directed verdict. The jury disagreed. The motions were renewed and denied without prejudice, and the case set for retrial. The motions for a directed verdict are now renewed pursuant to section 457-a of the Civil Practice Act.
The facts are that the plaintiff, an employee of the third-party defendant, Charles F. Zweifel & Co., the electrical subcontractor, was injured when planking of the scaffold on which he was standing broke in the course of his work. This scaffold was located in an…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Quigley v. . ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Butler v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Caspersen v. La Sala Bros.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Iacono v. Frank & Frank Contracting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Dittiger v. Isal Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gates v. Pickett & Nelson Construction Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1967
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- Kelly v. Diesel ConstructionNew York Supreme Court · 1972
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