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VERGARA v. SCRIPPS HOWARD, INC.

261 A.D.2d 302 (1999)

691 N.Y.S.2d 392

RALPH VERGARA, Appellant-Respondent, v. SCRIPPS HOWARD, INC., et al., Defendants, and ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Respondent-Appellant. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

Decided May 25, 1999.

Plaintiff, then an employee of third-party defendant The New York Times (Times),* sustained serious permanent injuries to his leg and back on July 21, 1989, when his trousers were caught by a tray on a conveyor for bundled newspapers at the Times's printing plant in Carlstadt, New Jersey. The conveyor track, which was moving at 250 feet per minute, pulled plaintiff into the press machinery. The accident happened because the Times had removed the...

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