Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1918

Greenwood v. Luke A. Burke & Sons Co.

Greenwood v. Luke A. Burke & Sons Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 15, 1918 · Jenks
184 A.D. 897
Greenwood v. Luke A. Burke & Sons Co.

Dissenting Opinion

Jenks, P. J. (dissenting): I dissent.

The circumstances of the accident are told in our former opinion (174 App. Div. 363), although we did not consider the negligence of the defendant. This verdict would hold the defendant for “ an accident which he could not be reasonably expected to foresee.” (21 Halsbury’s Laws of England, 363, quoted in Paul v. Consolidated Fireworks Co., 212 N. Y. 117-120; Dougan v. Champlain Transportation Co., 56 id. 1; Jex v. Straus, 122 id. 293; Beetz v. City of Brooklyn, 10 App. Div. 382; Loftus v. Union Ferry Co. of Brooklyn, 84 N. Y. 455; Ten Broeck v. Deinhardt, 120 App. Div. 473.)

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