Gombert v. . McKay
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 1, 1909, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 1, 1909, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court and an order denying a motion for a new trial. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. This was a scaffolding for which the employer was responsible under sections 18 and 20 of chapter él 5 of the Laws of 1897, known as the Labor Law. (Stewart v. Ferguson, 164 N. Y. 553; Cuddy v. I. R. T. Co., 125 App. Div. 681; 195 N. Y. 415 ;…
1Opinion of the CourtCollin, J.
The plaintiff brought the action to recover damages for the alleged negligence of defendant, by which the death of her intestate was caused. The relation between the intestate and the defendant was employee and employer. On November 22,1906, the intestate, with three co-employees, began the job of painting the exterior woodwork of the building No. 23 West Seventeenth street, New York city. They, having caused to be taken there the swinging or portable scaffold with the tackle, pulley blocks and falls ordinarily used in painting the exteriors of buildings, arrived at about nine o’clock in the…
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