Bellows v. Merchants Despatch Transportation Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Per curiam
This case was submitted to the jury upon the theory that it might be found that plaintiff had contracted silicosis due to the negligence of the defendant. The court charged the jury that if they found that the defendant had violated section 200 or 299 of the Labor Law, then the defendant was guilty of negligence.
The defendant attacks the validity of these sections of the Labor Law, upon the ground that the terms thereof are too indefinite and vague to indicate the acts prohibited. But if such terms have long been recognized in law and life, they will be considered sufficiently definite.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Schmidt v. Merchants Despatch Transportation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Koshland v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- People Ex Rel. Durham Realty Corp. v. La FetraNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- People v. MancusoNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- People Ex Rel. Pratt v. GoldfogleNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
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- Paterson v. University of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1963
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