Larsen v. O'Rourke Engineering Const. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Samuel Larsen against the O'Rourke Engineering Construction Company. Judgment for defendant for costs, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, who was in the employ of the defendant as a “rigger,” was injured February 22, 1907, while engaged in placing the foundations for the Hudson Terminal Building, bounded by Church, Greenwich, Cortlandt and Fulton streets, New York. At the time of the accident he was sitting on top oí a section of shafting when the boom of the derrick which placed the shafting in position suddenly descended upon him, causing severe injuries which resulted in the loss of his right leg. The derrick was one of four, arranged *542at each corner of a “traveler,” and was operated by an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Johnson v. Prince Line Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905