Diamond v. Planet Mills Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Planet Mills Manufacturing Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 31st day of January, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury for $7,000,. and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of February, 1903, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
"Willard Bartlett, J.:
The plaintiff, a gild of seventeen in the service of the defendant, corporation, was injured while at work upon a twisting- machine-against which she fell in consequence, as she asserts, of slipping in a puddle of oil'which had accumulated upon the floor, so that her hand was thrust in between the cog wheels in such a manner that she suffered the loss of four fingers. When asked whether there ' was any covering or protection in that part of the machine where the cog wheels were, she said: “Not on the inside—on the outside ther° was. Where my hand went there was no…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cumming v. . Brooklyn City Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Petrie v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Petrie v. New York Central and Hudson River Rail. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902