Brennan v. George L. Walker Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
. Appeal by defendant from judgments of the City Court of the city of New York, in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the verdict of a jury, and from orders denying defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtMullan, J.
The plaintiff was employed as" a workman plasterer by McDermott, a master plasterer, who had a subcontract from the general contractor, the defendant George L. Walker Company. The building was an addition to a church. The work undertaken by McDermott, under his contract with the defendant, was the hanging of the ceiling in question, and the plastering of the under surface of the ceiling. The plaintiff and his fellow-workman Hutton, while engaged in the work of plastering the ceiling, were injured by ■the ceiling’s fall, and both sued the Walker Company and recovered damages for the injuries…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pitcher v. LennonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Parsan v. . JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Lantry v. MedeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Lantry v. . MedeNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- McGuinness v. Allison Realty Co.New York Supreme Court · 1904
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