Karpeles v. Heine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Hans Karpeles, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of January, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of January, 1917, denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for the fault of the defendants in employing the plaintiff to run *376an elevator while he was under the age of sixteen years. By section 93 of the Labor Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 31 [Laws of 1909, chap. 36], as amd. by Laws of 1913, chap. 464) it is provided that no child under the age of sixteen years shall be employed or permitted to have the care, custody or management of or to operate an elevator either for freight or passengers. The' plaintiff, under fifteen years of age, was thus employed, and in that employment on July 20, 1915,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Amberg v. . KinleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Marino v. . LehmaierNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Koester v. . Rochester Candy WorksNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Gallenkamp v. Garvin Machine Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Gallenkamp v. . Garvin Machine CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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- Hoffman v. EllisNew York Supreme Court · 1919