Legal Opinion
Tomao v. A. P. De Sanno & Son, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 4, 1954No. 11108PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STALEY, Circuit Judge.
Anthony J. Tomao, the minor plaintiff, lost his left eye when a grinding wheel, which had been manufactured by defendant, disintegrated. In the district court, the jury awarded his parents $15,000 on his behalf and $2,000 in their own right, and defendant appeals.
Anthony was seventeen years old at the time of the accident and a student at a trade school in Massachusetts, where he had studied for about two and one-half years. Desiring to sharpen a rag-cutter, he was given a grinding wheel by the instructor. The wheel had never been used before. It came from the tool-room…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Trowbridge v. Abrasive Co. Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Sargent v. Massachusetts Accident Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Tampa Drug Company v. WaitSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
- DoCanto v. Ametek, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Martin v. Bengue, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
- Wolfe v. Ford Motor Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
- Post v. American Cleaning Equipment CorporationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
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