Riola v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the New York- Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, from an order of the Supreme Court,, made at the Monroe Trial Term and entered in the office of the-clerk of the county of Monroe on the 3d day of June, 1903, denying. the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes,.
1Opinion of the Court
Stover, J.:. The complaint in this action alleges that plaintiff, for some time-prior to the date of the accident (October 9, 1901), had been , employed by the defendant as a common laborer upon a work train operated by the defendant, and that at the time of the accident he-was employed in working upon and around defendant’s switches and! tracks in and about the railroad yards at Niagara Falls, N. Y. That by reason of the negligence of the defendant in neglecting to give signals of the approach of a train, its failure to use diligence in the-selection of servants and agents, its employment of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Perry v. . RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Bradley v. . New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
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