Legal Opinion
O'DONNELL v. Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided October 5, 1953PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Vanderbilt, C. J.
I
The plaintiff was a tree clearance man employed by the Mast Orange Shade Tree Commission. While he was 50 feet above the ground pruning a tree, supported by his climbing rope, crotcbed in the tree 20 feet above him, the metal hook that secured his safety belt to the rope snapped as he was making a swing to another part of the tree, causing him to plunge to the ground. He instituted suit against the Meeker Foundry Company which had made the fractured casting, the Covert Manufacturing Company which had assembled the hook by attaching a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Thomas v. . WinchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Burkhardt v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Thornhill v. Carpenter-Morton Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- State Ex Rel. Bond v. Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1924
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3Cited by35 opinions
- H. Rosenblum, Inc. v. AdlerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- Di Cristofaro v. Laurel Grove Memorial ParkNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
- Miller v. MuscarelleNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
- William Merklin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Bergquist v. PentermanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
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