Legal Opinion
People v. Joseph
New York County Courts
Decided March 24, 1958PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNathan E. Sobel, J.
This case was tried without a jury. The defendants were charged with manslaughter in the second degree, committed without a design to effect death, by culpable negligence. (Penal Law, § 1052, subd. 3.)
The defendants are officers and employees of contractors engaged in the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Six children were killed as a result of a cave-in during excavation work on the project.
The Facts.
The project area can best be visualized as a triangle. The base of the triangle was at street level. Its two sides were Marcy Avenue and Grand Street Extension. The floor of the…
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- People v. PennyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
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