Lynch v. Shanley Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Shaniey Company, from a'judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 29th day of May, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of July, 1905, denying- the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The plaintiff .was working on August 31, 1902, in'defendant’s laundry upon a machine called a mangle, which contained á revolving roller, oyer which the linen was fed into the machine for the purpose of being dried and ironed. She was waxing the. roller on the feeding side of the machine ivhile it was in motion and in. some manner her hand was drawn into the machine,. inflicting serious injury, for which she seeks to recover in this, action.
Three grounds of negligence were assigned : First, the omission tó provide proper machinery ; second, allowing the plaintiff, alleged to have…
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- Hickey v. . TaaffeNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Stevens v. GairAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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