GALEOTA v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.

No. 112.

123 F.2d 947 (1941)

GALEOTA v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 8, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodwin, Nixon, Hargrave, Middleton & Devans, of Rochester, N. Y. (W. Clyde O'Brien, of Rochester, N. Y., and Wendell J. Brown, of Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant.

William L. Clay, of Rochester N. Y., for appellee.

Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff Galeota, an employee of the defendant, United States Gypsum Company, brought this action to recover damages for injuries he claims to have suffered because the defendant neglected to provide him with a safe place to work, or to furnish him with devices that would prevent him from inhaling particles of silica from which he contracted silicosis. He sought to recover for negligence of the defendant in failing to observe...

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