Lyons v. McNulty Bros.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the Oity Court of the city of New York dismissing the complaint at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff was injured by the collapse of a platform on which he was working. The platform was part of the scaffolding about the new building of the grand central terminal. It appears that the scaffolding consisted of a series of uprights, to which several platforms were attached, and the plaintiff was directed by defendant’s foreman to proceed upon a lower platform, for the purpose of removing a platform above it, which was interfering with the work of plasterers. Both plat-foams were supported by the same uprights, but, of course, the cross-pieces under the platfoams were diffea*ent.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Caddy v. . Interborough Rapid Transit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Bohnhoff v. FischerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Ferrick v. . EidlitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Jones v. GambleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910