Legal Opinion

Kaufman v. Hopper

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 17, 1912PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Lena Kaufman, as administratrix, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 12th day of June, 1911, upon the dismissal of the complaint on the pleadings by direction of the court at the opening of the trial at the Kings County Trial Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Carr, J.:

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing her complaint in an action brought to recover damages for the death of her intestate, she having been appointed administratrix by the Surrogate’s Court of Kings county. The accident occurred in the navy yard, in Brooklyn. The complaint attempts to set up two causes of action. The negligence complained of in the first cause of action is that the defendant failed to furnish the decedent with a safe and .suitable place in which to work and with safe and suitable appliances with which to work, and in failing to furnish the decedent with…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. McGlinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Hoey v. KilduffAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1910

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Webb v. J. G. White Engineering CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  2. Friede v. White Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1917
  3. Wood v. MillerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1912
  4. Hamburger v. GoldsteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  5. Hamburger v. GoldsteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915

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