Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Wise Upson Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 28, 1928PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
The plaintiff, who is a carpenter by trade, in getting down from a staging upon which he had been standing, got his foot entangled in a temporary supply pipe which ran to a radiator located near the staging, and wrenched his body. He continued at his work and worked for one week without incapacity. He then consulted a doctor, who found a right indirect in guinal hernia which, in his opinion, resulted from the wrenching received by the plaintiff as he was getting down from the staging. The commissioner found that the hernia resulted from an injury arising in the course of plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hartz v. Hartford Faience Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1916
- Lee Bros. Furniture Co. v. CramSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Lockwood v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Hefner v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1920
- Williams v. Preferred Mutual Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- Lucedale Veneer Co. v. RogersMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
- Bailey v. Bruneau's Truck Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Farmer v. Bieber-Goodman CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Richardson v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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