Western Electric Co. v. Hanselmann
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause is brought here by writ of error of defendant below from a judgment entered by the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of New York in favor of plaintiff for $7,131.88-damages for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge.
The material testimony on behalf of the plaintiff was in effect as follows:
The defendant sent the plaintiff to repair the door switches of certain elevators in the front of a building.where there were, altogether, eight or nine elevators. In order to work on the switches, it was necessary that he should reach in from the outside of the shaft, and stand with one foot inside the shaft, on the cross-girder between two elevators, one local and one express, using his left hand to hold him in this position, and, while facing the wall, use his right hand to work. When the…
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