Hudyka v. Interstate Tire & Brake Stores, Inc.

This action of tort for negligence causing personal injuries is before us on the defendant’s exceptions after a jury verdict for the plaintiff. Roy M. Wright, Inc. (Wright), the plaintiff’s employer, was a subcontractor hired to perform grading and other work in the construction of housing for the elderly in Enfield, Connecticut. Among Wright’s equipment was a “ payload cr” which had a flat tire on March 13, 1965. The tire was approximately five and one-half feet in height and weighed approximately 786 pounds empty. Under a contract with Wright the defendant sent two employees to the…