Tullock v. Delaware, L. & W. R.
New York Supreme Court
Action by one Tullock against the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. On motion to set aside a verdict for plaifitiff.
1Opinion of the CourtTompkins, J.
This is a motion to set aside the verdict of a jury after a trial at the Westchester county Trial Term. The verdict was in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $40,000 damages, for personal injuries received by him while in the defendant’s employ, in its Hoboken Terminal, in the state of New Jersey.
The action was brought under the New Jersey employer’s liability act of 1909 (P. t. p. 114). At the time of the accident, and for a long time prior thereto, plaintiff, who is unmarried, was a resident of the state of New Jersey, living with his parents. The month before this action was commenced,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hislop v. TaaffeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Bump v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- N.Y., N.H. H.R.R. Co. v. . WelshNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Phelps v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Bump v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899