Ackert v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of October, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $200, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of November, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as a painter, and on the morning of the 21st of December, 1910, he was assisting in painting the ceiling of the cabin for women on the ferryboat Richmond, and the scaffold on which he was standing gave way, precipitating him to the floor of the cabin, inflicting injuries to recover for which he brought this action.
The scaffold was erected on appliances known as horses, which had been constructed for the city about four weeks prior to the accident- under the supervision of a foreman in charge of the carpenters in the department of…
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