Voorhees v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Sheldon Voorliees, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon a nonsuit granted by the court on a trial at the Cayuga Trial Term in May, 1908. On the 29th of June, 1905, one Eobinson, a freight brakeman in the employ of the defendant, was very seriously injured in the course of his service, and the injuries may be attributed to the negligence of the defendant.
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Motion by the plaintiff, Sheldon Voorliees, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon a nonsuit granted by the court on a trial at the Cayuga Trial Term in May, 1908. On the 29th of June, 1905, one Eobinson, a freight brakeman in the employ of the defendant, was very seriously injured in the course of his service, and the injuries may be attributed to the negligence of the defendant. He needed immediate medical attention, and by the direction of one of his coemployees he was taken to the Auburn City Hospital.…
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
By the rules of the hospital it was open to any one suffering from personal injuries. If the patient was able to pay he was charged one dollar a day while there. There was no hospital charge for physicians or surgeons. The authorities never assumed any responsibility for the payment of their services: The staff surgeons were not employed by the hospital management. Their services were supposed to be rendered gratuitously, although there does not seem to have been any prohibition against the attending surgeon receiving pay from the inmate he treated.
The claim q£ the plaintiff…
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