Legal Opinion
Bodette v. Foster-Armstrong Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1909PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Action by Nelson Bodette against the Foster-Armstrong Company. On motion to set aside a verdict for plaintiff and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBenton, J.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict of $5,000 against the defendants. The alleged negligence consisted in furnishing a reel from which wire was unwound as used in stringing piano frames. This reel was open, and it is claimed that it should have been protected or guarded by a sheet metal or other casing, so as to prevent the free end of the coil wire striking back and hitting the plaintiff, whereby he was injured. Plaintiff was a stringer in the defendant’s employ, and had been about six years in Rochester and about nine months at Despatch. His duty was to put the wires upon the frames of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Johnston v. . FargoNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Clark v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Rooney v. . Brogan Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Graves v. Gustave Stickley Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Utess v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bodette v. Foster-Armstrong Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913