Case Name: William Hollingsworth, Respondent, v. The Long Island Railroad Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-12
Citations: 98 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 641
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Hollingsworth, Respondent, v. The Long Island Railroad Company, Appellant.
Judges: Brown, P. J.. ancl Dykman, J., concurred.
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 98
Pages: 641–641

Head Matter:
William Hollingsworth, Respondent, v. The Long Island Railroad Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
—Judgment affirmed, with costs.—
Pratt, J.:
The case went to the jury on the point as to whether the injury was caused by the defective brake. The verdict establishes that to be the fact, and from that we think defendant's liability results. We are not able to agree with defendant's counsel that the railroad company owed no duty to the plaintiff in respect to that brake. The perils of his occupation which he assumed did not include defective rolling gear of which he had no notice. The court correctly held that concurring negligence of a co-employee did not relieve defendant from responsi* bility. (Lilly v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R R Co , 107 N. Y. 566.) The verdict was not excessive. Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Brown, P. J.. ancl Dykman, J., concurred.