· 6/26/1989
Richard Gallose v. Long Island Railroad Company
Citations
- 878 F.2d 80
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 9554
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- holding that jury must decide whether coworker routinely brought dog to work in course of employment, and whether railroad's duty included duty to warn of heightened risk of dog bite
- “The catalyst which ignites [the duty to provide a safe workplace] is knowledge, either actual or constructive.”
- because railroad could have discovered presence of large dog on premises, injuries caused by dog bite were foreseeable
- “The catalyst which ignites [the duty to provide a safe workplace] is knowledge, either actual or constructive.”
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Judges: Lumbard, Pratt, Altimari
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