O'Flaherty v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in -the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 25th day of April, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury for $7,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 17th day of May, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
Although the record in this case is somewhat voluminous, in its disposition but little discussion is required. It is undisputed that the defendant’s trolley wire broke, and one end of the broken piece fell to the ground. The plaintiff, at the time when the wire broke, was passing along the street, as was lawfully her right; and at about the time the wire fell she was in its immediate vicinity. The evidence satisfactorily discloses that she received a shock of electricity sufficiently violent to throw her to the ground, and that upon regaining her feet she was again shocked and was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Volkmar v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Jones v. Union Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- People v. . McElvaineNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Connelly v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1891
- Scherer v. Holley Manuf'g Co.New York Supreme Court · 1895
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- Reichholdt v. Union Electric CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
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