Joyce v. Eastman Kodak Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Eastman Kodak Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 23d day of May, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $11,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, P. J.:
The plaintiff worked in one of defendant’s factories and was hurt while so employed. She was sitting in a chair sorting time cards; one of the legs of the chair was loose in the socket; it gave way; she went down to the floor and was injured on October 19, 1915. She seeks to recover damages for injuries so sustained. She contends that the defendant was negligent in furnishing the defective chair. The defendant denies the charge and urges that she knew, or should have known, the condition of the chair before she used it and voluntarily took the chances in using it, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shanahan v. . Monarch Engineering Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Matter of Larsen v. . Paine Drug Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Ward & Gow v. KrinskySupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Matter of Joyce v. . Eastman Kodak Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Ward & Gow v. KrinskySupreme Court of the United States · 1922