Long v. Fulton Contracting Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Fulton Contracting Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oswego on the lltli day of January, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for §5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of January, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new .trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, J.:
The action is for negligence. The plaintiff was employed as a signalman on the derrick used for lifting and moving heavy material in the defendant’s work. The boom of the derrick broke and struck the plaintiff, fracturing his skull so that the brain exuded, *686and otherwise injuring him. The verdict is for $5,000. It is not claimed to he excessive. The action is brought under the Employers’ Liability Act (Laws of 1902, chap. 600; revised into Labor Law [Consol. Laws, chap. 31; Laws of 1909, chap. 36], art. 11.) The case has been here once before and reversed, but only upon questions…
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- Rice v. . Eureka Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Johnson v. Phœnix Bridge Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Swarts v. R. M. Wilson Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Swarts v. . Wilson Manufacturing CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
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