Case Name: CONWAY, Respondent, v. NAYLOR et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1914-12-04
Citations: 150 N.Y.S. 1082
Docket Number: 
Parties: CONWAY, Respondent, v. NAYLOR et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 150
Pages: 1082–1082

Head Matter:
CONWAY, Respondent, v. NAYLOR et al., Appellants.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
December 4, 1914.)
Action by Evander Conway against George Naylor, and John Naylor, copartners, etc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial granted, costs to event. The evidence clearly shows plaintiff to have been negligent. He himself set up the collar with the projecting set screws, and connected the shafting, erected the platform on which he stood, and decided how high he would build it. He was fully aware of the dangers from these revolving screws catching his clothing. He was not relieved from taking care because told to have the job finished that day. In order to measure the space above this collar, plaintiff admits standing about a foot from this shafting. He was free to determine for himself his position. Bourdon v. Plaza Operating Co., 160 App. Div. 768, 144 N. Y. Supp. 921. Apparently an inadvertent step brought his clothing into contact, an act for which he has only himself to blame.