BECKHUSEN v. LAWSON CO.


9 A.D.2d 536 (1960)

Gerhard F. Beckhusen, Respondent, v. E. P. Lawson Company, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Pickwick of counsel (George J. Conway, attorney), for appellant.

Harry Zeitlan of counsel (Bennett E. Aron with him on the brief; Katz, Samuelsohn & Sapir, attorneys), for respondent.

BREITEL, J. P., RABIN, McNALLY and STEVENS, JJ., concur.


M. M. FRANK, J.

The defendant appeals from the judgment entered against it following a jury verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The action is in negligence.

On July 14, 1954, three fingers and part of the thumb of the plaintiff's right hand were severed while he was operating a paper-cutting machine owned by his employer Checkmaster, Inc., that had been manufactured by the defendant, E. P. Lawson...

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