FERGUSON v. GREEN ISLAND CONTRACTING CORP.


36 N.Y.2d 742 (1975)

Hugo S. Ferguson, Plaintiff, and Air Cushion Vehicles, Inc., Appellant, v. Green Island Contracting Corporation, Respondent, et al., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Weiner and Daniel Donnelly for appellant.

Michael G. Breslin for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge COOKE taking no part.


Per Curiam.

A corporate employer seeks to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by it on account of disabling personal injuries suffered by a difficult-to-replace employee responsible for product design and development. The allegation is that the injuries to the employee were caused by defendant-respondent's negligence in the operation of a private aircraft in which the employee was flying as a passenger for hire.

Defendant-respondent's motion...

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