Koren v. National Conduit & Cable Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Westchester County. Action by Samuel Koren against the National Conduit & Cable Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff, a man of middle'age, unable to speak English, a resident in this country for 16 years, was put to work by the .defendant operating a wire-drawing machine. By this machine wires were drawn out to a greater fineness, and much power was required for its operation. This power was transmitted from a revolving pulley near the ceiling to a pulley at the right end of the machine as the operator faced it, by means of a belt. Approximately midway between the pulley at the ceiling and the one at the machine, the belt was made to cross upon itself, presenting somewhat the appearance of an…
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- Hickey v. . TaaffeNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- White v. . Wittemann Lithographic CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Owens v. ErnstCity of New York Municipal Court · 1892