Haughey v. Thatcher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, James Haughey, for a new trial upon a ease containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Hibschbebo, J.:
The plaintiff was injured while engaged in the employment of the defendant in the construction of an extension to a storage warehouse-in the borough of Brooklyn. He was putting in terra cotta arches at the time of the accident between iron girders or floor beams. The construction of the arches required the use of a temporary arch upon which to lay the bricks of terra cotta which formed the permanent arch. The temporary or false arch was made of iron ribs adjustable to the size desired and covered with wooden lattice work, and when in place it was suspended at either end by a…
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