Legal Opinion
Blanchard v. . D., L. W.R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 14, 1914PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The action is for personal injuries. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as foreman of a gang of painters, about sixteen in number, who were engaged in scraping, preparatory to painting, an overhead steel truss bridge on the defendant's main line a few miles west of Binghamton. The bridge consisted of six spans, each one hundred and sixty-four feet long, resting on piers. There were two tracks across the bridge. The space between the tracks from center to center of the guardrails was five and two-tenths feet. The floor beams or girders of the bridge were seventeen and eight-tenths…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pantzar v. . Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
- McGovern v. Central Vermont R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Felice v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Wells v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Froehlich v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Fierro v. New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Schowerer v. New Jersey & New York RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Ingham v. New York, Ontario & Westen Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Rocco v. Lehigh Valley RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
- Sacco v. Delaware & Hudson Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
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