Legal Opinion
Rooney v. S. A. Healy Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 31, 1967PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeating, J.
John Rooney was an engineer employed by the Bureau of Sewage Disposal of the Department of Public Works of the City of New York. On October 2, 1957, Rooney and another employee descended into a sewer in Queens County to ascertain the source of certain water in a bulkhead. Before entering the sewer, Rooney and the other employee, Fattore, put on gas masks and tested them. Booney’s mask was manufactured by Mine Safety Appliances Co., the defendant-respondent. The two men descended into the sewer, donned the facepieces of their masks and proceeded to the point where the valve was located. Booney…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chamberlain v. . Lehigh Valley R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Garrow v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
- Garrow v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
3Cited by6 opinions
- Tinnerholm v. Parke Davis & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- In Re Marine Sulphur Transport Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Tinnerholm v. Parke, Davis & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Alexander v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1971
- Tinnerholm v. Parke, Davis & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.