Felcin v. Society of New York Hospital
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John Felcin, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of March, 1912, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case on a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The action is to recover damages for the loss of plaintiff’s right arm which was tom off at the socket in a centrifugal laundry machine operated by power. The complaint alleges service of the notice required by the Employers’ Liability Act. The plaintiff was twenty-two years of age and earning twenty-four dollars a month arid board at the time of the accident. He was employed June 25 and the accident occurred July 9, 1907. He had never, up to this time, worked in a steam laundry and was not familiar with any kind of machinery. He answered an advertisement for a “porter wanted to…
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- Rice v. . Eureka Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
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- Bertolami v. United Enginering & Contracting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
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