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Rockstrow v. Astoria Marble Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 9, 1907
121 App. Div. 144 (N.Y. App. Div. 1907)

Opinion

July 9, 1907.

Elliott L. Perkins, for the appellant.

John Hetherington, for the respondent.


The plaintiff was employed as a machinist in the defendant's shop. He also closed up the shop every night, that being his duty. He testified that as he was closing a window in the performance of this duty, part of a pane of glass fell out of it and cut his arm. Another witness testified that he had noticed for a few weeks that the pane was cracked across. On this the justice gave judgment for the plaintiff for damages. There seems to be no end to such actions. As it was the plaintiff's duty to close the windows daily, it was for him to report to his employer, or to some one in authority, if they were in a condition dangerous to him. This he never did; and there is no evidence that any one did, or that the employer or any one in authority knew of the broken pane; if that makes a difference.

The judgment should be reversed.

HIRSCHBERG, P.J., WOODWARD, JENKS and MILLER, JJ., concurred.

Judgment of the Municipal Court reversed and new trial ordered, costs to abide the event.


Summaries of

Rockstrow v. Astoria Marble Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jul 9, 1907
121 App. Div. 144 (N.Y. App. Div. 1907)
Case details for

Rockstrow v. Astoria Marble Co.

Case Details

Full title:AUGUSTUS ROCKSTROW, Respondent, v . ASTORIA MARBLE COMPANY, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jul 9, 1907

Citations

121 App. Div. 144 (N.Y. App. Div. 1907)