Guilmartin v. Solvay Process Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Solvay Process Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 16th day óf May, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury for $12,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of May, 1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. ■ ‘
1Opinion of the Court
Nash, J.:
The action was brought under the Employers’ Liability Act (Laws of 1902, chap. 600) for injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.
The defendant is a manufacturing corporation, having its place of business in the village of Solvay, Onondaga county, engaged in the manufacture of soda ash and chemical products.
1 The plaintiff at the time of the accident was in the employ of the defendant. He had worked for the defendant fifteen years and for ten months before the accident as oiler in that part of the defendant’s works known as the densification department.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Crispin v. . BabbittNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- McCosker v. . Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Foster v. . International Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Quinlan v. Lackawanna Steel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Fasani v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
3Cited by1 opinion
- Heffron v. Lackawanna Steel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907