Loughlin v. . Brassil
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered February 23, 1905, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict and an order denying a motion for a new'trial. The action was brought to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received through defendant’s negligence. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.
Various errors were committed upon the trial of this case which require a reversal of the judgment appealed from.
The plaintiff, a young man of nineteen years, was injured while'in the employ of defendant in a book binding establishment by having his hand caught in a press.
It will not be necessary to describe the press in more than a very general and brief way. It was a machine about six feet high, bolted to the floor. In its top was a die turned face downward. A movable part of the press moved up and down against this, a pitman rod being an important part of the machine which conveyed motion…
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