Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. Lakkonen
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Action by Hilta Eakkonen, as administratrix of the goods and chattels of Alexander Eakkonen, deceased, against the Pennsylvania Steel Company, to recover damages resulting from the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The action is brought under the employer’s liability act of the state of New York (Laws 1902, c. 600). Decedent was on the day in question in the employ of the steel company, which was erecting the Blackwell’s Island, bridge and was working under the charge of a subforeman' or “pusher” named Drummond. He was working at the.bottom of a post, constructed of plates riveted together with lacings on the sides. These posts- would be put in place by ptitting a pin through a-hole at :one end, , connecting the tackle of a *327derrick with the pin and lifting the post to a proper…
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