Larkin v. Queensborough Gas & Electric Light Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the Queensborough Gas and Electric Light Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 11th day of December, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from two orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th and 18th days of December, 1912, respectively, denying separate motions of the defendants for a new trial made upon the…
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Appeal by the defendants, the Queensborough Gas and Electric Light Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 11th day of December, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from two orders entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th and 18th days of December, 1912, respectively, denying separate motions of the defendants for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
On August 17, 1911, about one. o’clock in the afternoon, Michael Larkin, who for five years previous to that date had been in the employ of defendant New York Telephone Company, *415sustained injuries from an electric shock which resulted in his death. In a common-law action his administratrix has recovered judgment for the pecuniary loss resulting therefrom against the said telephone company and the Queensborough Gas and Electric Light Company, and from such judgment and an order denying a motion for a new trial each of the defendants appeals.
No evidence was introduced by either…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mullin v. Genesee County Electric Light, Power & Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Johnston v. . Syracuse Lighting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- McNamee v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Larkin v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915