Legal Opinion
Sohn v. Bernstein
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 2, 1971PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.
During the 1959 Christmas season plaintiff’s daughter sent her mother in Portland, Maine, from Cleveland, Ohio, where the daughter resided, a coffee percolator manufactured by Landers, Frary and Clark of New Britain, Connecticut. The yuletide gift was received by Mrs. Sohn through parcel post. On or about July 9, 1961 the plaintiff was using the percolator for the second time only when on the pouring of the first cup the cover fell off and hot coffee spilled over her body. The plaintiff suffered first and second degree burns. Defendant-counsel was hired within some 10…
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