Bakewell v. Orford Copper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George Bakewell, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 20th day of June, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of April, 1913, denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
In August, 1910, plaintiff was an employee of the defendant at its factory and plant at Constable Hook, H. J. The Hew Jersey Factory Act then provided that whenever practicable all “vats, pans, saws, planers, cogs, gearing, belting, shafting, set-screws, drums and machinery of every description shall be properly guarded.” (Laws of 1904, chap. 64, § 13; 3 Compiled Stat. H. J. p. 3026, § 28.)*
The plaintiff, aged twenty years, had worked for the defendant in this place for about six weeks. He had been a carpenter’s helper, and on the day of the accident was assisting them in putting…
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- Fitzwater v. . WarrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Jessup v. . CarnegieNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Welch v. Waterbury Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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- Wasilewski v. Warner Sugar Refining Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1914