Gershowitz v. Greenstein
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, second district, rendered in favor of the plaintiff after a trial by the court and a jury, and also from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGerard, J.
This action was brought under the Employers ’ Liability Act by a servant to recover damages against his employers.
*497Plaintiff was employed as a cutter of hats in defendants ’ shop. Plaintiff was put to work at a bench and noticed that there were some dies near the bench weighing from 80' to 100' pounds, and these he pushed under a bench. In plaintiff’s work he walked to and fro along two tables joined together, about eighteen feet in length. The passageway on which he walked was about two and a half feet or three feet wide and plaintiff walked sideways as he performed his work. There was an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stelter v. CordesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911