Case Name: BLASIUS, Respondent, v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1913-04-11
Citations: 141 N.Y.S. 1109
Docket Number: 
Parties: BLASIUS, Respondent, v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 141
Pages: 1109–1109

Head Matter:
BLASIUS, Respondent, v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
April 11, 1913.)
Action by Peter Joseph Blasius against the Standard Oil Company of New York.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, costs to abide the event, on-'the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. The plaintiff's evidence admits of no conclusion, except that he was one of the gang doing the work; that, whatever was the danger to which he was exposed, it was due to the manner in which the work was prosecuted; and the rule that it is the duty of the master to furnish his servant with a reasonably safe place in which to work has no application.