Legal Opinion
March v. Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 8, 1943PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Error was committed in failing to charge the res ipsa doctrine, and in refusing to charge that propane gas is a dangerous substance and that defendant was obligated to exercise a degree of care in the installation of the cylinders and equipment and the maintenance thereof commensurate with the danger of the escape of such gas. (Schmeer v. Gas Light Co., 147 N. Y. 529, 540; Bell v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 193 App. Div. 669, 670; Webster v. Richmond Light & Railroad Co., 158 App. Div. 210, 214.) The provision in the contract to the effect that defendant need not make inspections in no way…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Griffen v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Schmeer v. . Gas Light Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Bell v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- Fullerton v. Glens Falls Gas & Electric Light Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lancaster Silo & Block Co. v. Northern Propane Gas Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Great American Insurance Co. v. Modern Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
- Seward v. Natural Gas Co. of NJNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
- Orlexey v. New York & Queens Electric Light & Power Co.New York Supreme Court · 1946