CIFOLO v. GEN. ELEC. CO.


305 N.Y. 209 (1953)

John Cifolo et al., Appellants, v. General Electric Company, Respondent. Fred Cope et al., Appellants, v. General Electric Company, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 9, 1953


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Donner, David Scribner, Arthur Kinoy and Marshall Perlin for appellants in both actions.

Phil E. Gilbert, Jr., and Harold A. Segall for respondent in both actions.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur with DESMOND, J.; CONWAY, J., dissents in opinion in which LEWIS, J., concurs.


DESMOND, J.

At the time these actions were commenced, each plaintiff was, and had been for several years, employed by defendant at one of its manufacturing plants. The complaints allege that, during the period of those employments, defendant negligently and in violation of certain provisions of the New York Labor Law, failed to provide and maintain proper devices to remove...

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