Ramsdell v. Goumis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error, to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. "Action at law by'Pantelis T. Goumis, administrator of the estate of Sarantos Andreas Vlemmas, deceased, against James A. Ramsdell, Henry P. Ramsdell, and Homer -S. Ramsdell. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
[1] The plaintiff’s intestate was employed by defendant as a laborer and while so employed and on July 26, 1913, accidentally met his death. The action is. brought under the New York Employers’ Liability Act, which imposes liability on employers causing workmen injury “by reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery or plant. * *. *” Chapter 352 of the Laws of 1910.
The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that defendants provided the deceased with an unsafe and improper place to work where he was exposed to great and needless danger; that the place…
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