McDonald v. Simpson-Crawford Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Simpson-Crawford Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 10th day of April, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,250, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of April, L905, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
The defendant kept a large retail drygoods store, and employed the plaintiff as a saleswoman. The employees used the elevators in the morning on arriving at work to go to the top floor and leave their street clothes in a room provided for that use by the defendant, and to go there and get the same after the close of the day’s work. The plaintiff was hurt by the fall of the elevator in which she was being carried up with others to get her clothes after the "closing hour. The accident was caused by allowing too many in the elevator. There was a sign up limiting the number to be…
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