Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1909

Clough v. Lackawanna Steel Co.

Clough v. Lackawanna Steel Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 15, 1909
136 A.D. 905; 119 N.Y.S. 1120
Clough v. Lackawanna Steel Co.

Opinion of the Court

Judgment and order affirmed, with costs. All concurred, except McLennan, P. J., who dissented upon the ground that the plank did not constitute a scaffold within the meaning of the Labor Law;* that no negligence was established against the defendant, and that the plaintiff, as matter of law, assumed the risk; and Robson, J., who dissented upon the ground that the plank did not constitute a scaffold within the meaning of the Labor Law; that no negligence was established against the defendant, and that the finding of the jury upon the question of assumption of risk by plaintiff was contrary to and against the weight of the evidence. ’

See Laws of 1897, chap. 415, § 18— [Rep.

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