Basham v. Pennsylvania Railroad

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Basham v. Pennsylvania Railroad

10 A.D.2d 948, 201 N.Y.S.2d 362, 1960 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10349

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedMay 2, 1960

StatusPublished

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Basham v. Pennsylvania Railroad, 10 A.D.2d 948, 201 N.Y.S.2d 362, 1960 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10349 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1960).

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In an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Code, tit. 45, § 51 et seq.), the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered February 5, 1958, dismissing the complaint after the court had set aside a jury’s verdict in his favor. Plaintiff claimed that the movement of a wheel-pit platform, upon which he was working, threw him off balance and caused him to lose his grip upon a 110-pound spring which fell on his hand, causing the injuries complained of. The verdict in plaintiff’s favor was set aside upon the ground that there was uncontroverted proof that the platform could not move. Judgment affirmed, without costs. Beldock, Acting P. J., Christ, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur; Kleinfeld, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and to reinstate the verdict, with the following memorandum: In my opinion, there is sufficient proof in the record that the platform actually moved. So long.as the record contains any reasonable basis to support the plaintiff’s version of the accident, the direction of a verdict in defendant’s favor is improper although “ there is evidence tending to show that it was physically and mathematically impossible” (Lavender v. Kurn, 327 U. S. 645-, 652; see Serina v. New York Rys. Corp., 266 N. Y. 552, revg. 238 App. Div. 302). The conceded fact that the platform, which was on wheels, was supporting a weight of 80 tons, does not render movement impossible, in the absence of proof that the 80-ton pressure was applied perpendicularly to the platform’s center of gravity.

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In an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Code, tit. 45, § 51 et seq.), the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, entered February 5, 1958, dismissing the complaint after the court had set aside a jury’s verdict in his favor. Plaintiff claimed that the movement of a wheel-pit platform, upon which he was working, threw him off balance and caused him to lose his grip upon a 110-pound spring which fell on his hand, causing the injuries complained of. The verdict in plaintiff’s favor was set aside upon the ground that there was uncontroverted proof that the platform could not move. Judgment affirmed, without costs. Beldock, Acting P. J., Christ, Pette and Brennan, JJ., concur; Kleinfeld, J., dissents and votes to reverse the judgment and to reinstate the verdict, with the following memorandum: In my opinion, there is sufficient proof in the record that the platform actually moved. So long.as the record contains any reasonable basis to support the plaintiff’s version of the accident, the direction of a verdict in defendant’s favor is improper although “ there is evidence tending to show that it was physically and mathematically impossible” (Lavender v. Kurn, 327 U. S. 645-, 652; see Serina v. New York Rys. Corp., 266 N. Y. 552, revg. 238 App. Div. 302). The conceded fact that the platform, which was on wheels, was supporting a weight of 80 tons, does not render movement impossible, in the absence of proof that the 80-ton pressure was applied perpendicularly to the platform’s center of gravity.

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10 A.D.2d 948, 201 N.Y.S.2d 362, 1960 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 10349, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/basham-v-pennsylvania-railroad-nyappdiv-1960.

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