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Show I LAW IN FAVOR OF EMPLOYES How great is t ho responsibility placed by an employer in the keeping of n truck driver is illustrated by a damage suit lately de irlod in X u York state, after being earned up i the higher court. I As reported b the law publications the ease is as follows. While a heavily Loaded automobile truck was proceeding from Brooklyn to Manhattan in charge if a chauffeur, ami a helper, the latter invited a school boy 14 years of ap. and a former Bchoolinate of his. to ride upon the truck, When the truck reached a certain street in Manhattan where it had to make deliveries, a hc;n ca.se was in process of being taken off the truck with the aid of an expressman ex-pressman called by the chauffeur to assist him. as well as of the helper and the Bchool boy, when it fell upn tin- Bchool boi There was sonic conflict of evidence as to whether the latter had been askcl by the chauffeur to help in unloading the case, bul hc jury in the trial court found that such request had been made and rendered a verdict in favor of the injured boy. A judgmenl entered upon this verdict was affirmed by the' appellate division of the New York su preme court. The appellate court held that under the circumstance an emergency existed which gae the driver implied authority to call for assistance and that the fellow servant nil.- had no application This means that when an employer sends his fleet of trucks out each morning, he is aeeepting a risk which extends even beyond thosi regularly iu his employ and mav embrace even the passing sehoof : child who is invited to take a ride Under the broader interpretation of tin- law. the construing of the statutes is much in favor of those injured in employment |