Clini v. New Haven Brewing Co.

This case comes before us upon reservation from the Superior Court after the commissioner had made a pro forma award dismissing the claim of the plaintiff. The parties filed with the commissioner an agreed statement in which the following facts appear: On August 28th, 1933, the plaintiff, while engaged in his employment as a cement mason by the defendant employer, was moving a plank when his foot slipped. He felt a pain in the groin and fell. He was in great pain and unable to rise, until he was helped by others. A doctor, immediately called by his boss, examined the plaintiff and stated that…