Lynch v. Elektron Manufacturing Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of tiie Appellate Division, of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 13, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The evidence of the defendant’s negligence is clear and convincing. (O'Rourke v. Waite Co., 125 App. Div. 825; Bill v. N. Y. E. M. Co., 60 App.
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Appeal from a judgment of tiie Appellate Division, of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 13, 1908, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The evidence of the defendant’s negligence is clear and convincing. (O'Rourke v. Waite Co., 125 App. Div. 825; Bill v. N. Y. E. M. Co., 60 App. Div. 470; Schmidt v. Steinway, 55 Hun, 496; Pelzel v. Schepp, 83 App. Div. 444; Smith v. N. Y. & H. R. R. Co., 19 N. Y. 127.)…
1Opinion of the CourtWerner, J.
The plaintiff was injured in an elevator accident which occurred on the 12th day of January, 1903, in a building known as the Hotel Martha Washington in the city of Hew York. He was at that time employed as an electrical worker by the defendants McLeod and Ward, who had the contract for equipping the building with electrical wiring and appliances. The other defendant, the Elektron Manufactur ing Company, was installing three passenger elevators which were housed in a single shaft consisting of three subdivisions or compartments, and were practically complete at that time. The most southerly…
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