Binns v. Vitagraph Co. of America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John R. Binns, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of April, 1911, setting aside the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff for $12,500 and granting a new trial unless the plaintiff stipulate to reduce said verdict to the sum. of $2,500.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action, is brought pursuant to the provisions of section 51 of the Civil Bights Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 6; Laws of 1909, chap. 14) for an injunction and for damages. The plaintiff was employed as a telegraph operator by the Marconi .Wireless Telegraph Company on the passenger steamship Republic which collided with the steamer Florida on the 23d day of January, 1909, whereby the lives of the passengers, numbering about 1,700, were endangered but they were ultimately saved as the result of wireless messages sent out by the plaintiff who, for gallantry, received the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Roberson v. . Rochester Folding Box Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Binns v. The Vitagraph Co.New York Supreme Court · 1911
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- Freed v. Loew's, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1940
- D'Altomonte v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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