Murphy v. Ludlum Steel Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Ludlum Steel Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 25th day of October, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, 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
H. T. Kellogg, J.:
This is a negligence action in which damages resulting from the death of the husband of the plaintiff are sought to be recovered. Deceased was killed by the falling of a wire which carried a current of electricity of high voltage. The wire was maintained by the defendant, and it is not seriously contended that in reference to its maintenance there was freedom from negligence. The chief contention is that the deceased at the time of the accident was the employee of the defendant, and that recovery must be sought under the Workmen’s Compensation Law.
The deceased was employed…
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