Redington v. New York, O. & W. Ry. Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Sullivan county. Action by John Redington, as administrator, against the New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company, to recover damages for alleged negligence of defendant, causing the death of plaintiff's intestate. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,000, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
Michael E. Redington, the plaintiff’s intestate, while engaged, as an employé of the defendant, in coupling cars in the defendant’s railroad yard at Livingston Manor, was crushed between two cars and killed, and this action was brought by his personal representative under the statute to recover damages for such loss of life. The theory of the action is that the defendant was guilty of negligence in causing to be loaded on one of the defend*536ant’s cars railroad iron, consisting of iron or steel rails which were two feet longer than the car, so that the rails projected more than a foot over each…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Abel v. President, Managers & Co. of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Lakewood (Vil.) v. SwiftOhio Circuit Courts · 1910
- Ryan v. New York Cent. & H. R. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895