Courtney v. Gainsborough Studios
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Gainsborough Studios, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of July, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 25th day of July, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
Plaintiff has recovered a verdict for $2,500 for personal injuries sustained through an accident which occurred on September 18, 1916, in connection with a freight elevator in defendant’s apartment house in New York city.
Plaintiff was a furniture-van helper in the employ of the Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company, and on the day in question, about five or half-past five o’clock in the afternoon, went to the defendant’s apartment house with a load of furniture to be delivered there. The furniture was to be delivered upon an upper floor of the apartment house, which was reached…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Robinson v. . Consolidated Gas Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Hardie v. Charles P. Boland Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Klein v. FraserAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Keenan v. McAdams & Cartwright Elevator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
3Cited by3 opinions
- Kane v. Ten Eyck Co.New York Supreme Court · 1943
- Antoniello v. MichaelDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1957
- Donohue v. U. S. Hoffman Machine Corp.City of New York Municipal Court · 1926