Ryder v. Vermont Last Block Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tort to recover for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the April Term, 1916, Windham County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The case is fully stated in the opinion. There was no expert testimony introduced as to the probable duration of the plaintiff’s injury nor as to future disability.
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Tort to recover for personal injuries caused by the alleged negligence of defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the April Term, 1916, Windham County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The case is fully stated in the opinion. There was no expert testimony introduced as to the probable duration of the plaintiff’s injury nor as to future disability. The court, in charging the jury upon the question of damages, said: “If you find that the plaintiff is entitled to recover, then you come to the question of damages, and the court charges you…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while in the service of the defendant. Trial was hy jury, and verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff. The defendant brings exceptions.
The main questions are presented by an exception to the refusal of the court at the close of the evidence to direct a verdict for the defendant. In considering this exception we are to treat as proved what the evidence making in the plaintiff’s favor fairly and reasonably tended to show, and the case so made may be briefly stated in narrative form as follows:
The defendant, at the…
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