Bicklemeyer v. Lackawanna Steel Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lackawanna Steel Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 9th day of July, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,600, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Per curiam
This appeal presents the question as to whether a case was made for submission to the jury on the ground of negligence alleged in the complaint and in view of the law of the case as charged by the court.
Plaintiff was an employee of defendant as a mason and brick - layer. Among his duties was that of relining with brick iron furnace covers. These covers were eight or nine feet long by six feet wide and about twenty inches in height and weighed from six to nine tons. They were used to cover the top of large furnaces when in blast. The brick lining of these covers frequently burned out and had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dailey v. . StollNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Edgar v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bicklemeyer v. Lackawanna Steel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916