Vincent v. Mauterstock
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant* Albert JMauterstock, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 11th day of November, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Dutchess County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
The plaintiff was a carpenter employed by the defendant in the erection of a number of buildings. While at work upon a scaffold on the outside of one of these buildings, a portion of the scaffold broke and the plaintiff fell to the ground, a distance of about twenty feet, sustaining injuries to his back and nervous system, for which the learned judge who tried the case without a jury has awarded him damages in the sum of $1,500. The proof clearly shows that the accident was due to the insufficient strength of a plank which was used as one of the supports for the scaffold.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Butler v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Stourbridge v. Brooklyn City RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- McLaughlin v. EidlitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900