Legal Opinion
Putvin v. Buffalo Electric Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 9, 1959PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Conway.
All 11 of the above-entitled actions arise out of an explosion which took place on the premises of Novadel-Agene Corporation, now known as Wallace & Tiernan, Inc., in Tonawanda, New York, on September 23,1953. Wallace & Tiernan, Inc., owns and operates a chemical plant on its premises. Each of the administratrices represents a decedent who was an employee of Wallace & Tiernan, Inc., at the time of the explosion and each of the plaintiffs in the personal injury actions was so employed at the time of the explosion.
In Action No. 1 (Putvin) the complaint, after identifying the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McFall v. Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) S. A.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Westchester Lighting Co. v. Westchester County Small Estates Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Fox v. Western New York Motor Lines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Schwartz v. Merola Bros. Construction Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1943
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Francis T. Ratigan v. New York Central Railroad Co. v. Interstate Commodities, Inc., and the Troy Union Railroad Company, Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., Third-Party v. H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., Third-Party Ellio Rando v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- State v. Schenectady Chemicals, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1983
- Viens v. ANTHONY COMPANYDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1968
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