Murphy v. Milliken
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward F. Milliken and another, 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 21st day of May, 1902, upon the verdict of a.jury for $8,000, and also from' an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of May, 1902, denying the defendants’ motion for a .new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
The plaintiff, who was employed by the defendants to operate a traveling crane, sues to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in consequence of the fall of this crane, which he attributes to the defendants’ negligence. In his complaint he specifies several respects in which he claims that the defendants were negligent. These are (1) an omission to provide him with a safe place in which to work; (2) an omission to provide him with safe and *583suitable appliances and machinery; (3) negligence in the inspection of such appliances and machinery; (4) failure to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Oldfield v. . the N.Y. and Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Wagner v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Eberle v. SchwalbAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920