Griffin v. Flank
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from City Court of New York, Trial Term. Action by Katherine Griffin against Michael L. Flank. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, P. J.
The plaintiff, an employé of defendant, was injured in consequence of the fall of a pulley from a shaft over her head. The pulley was upon a shaft, and a belt or band ran upon it, and thereby communicated power to the machine at which plaintiff worked. There was no evidence as to what caused the pulley to slip off the end of the shaft, although it seems to have been conceded by both parties that in some way a nut on the end of the shaft had become loosened. The complaint alleges that the shafting and fly wheel or pulley and the equipments and attachments thereto were defective, weak, old,…
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- Fink v. SladeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Moran v. Munson S. S. LineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Moran v. Munson Steamship LineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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