Legal Opinion

Girard v. Grosvenordale Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided January 19, 1910PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Action for personal injuries received by one of the defendant’s employees in the course of his employment, brought to the Superior Court in Windham County and tried to the jury before Bennett, J. A motion for a nonsuit was granted, and a motion to set aside, the nonsuit denied.

1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.

This cause came before us at a previous term on an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, and the averments in the complaint, as well as certain conceded facts, are stated in the report of our decision. 82 Conn. 271, 73 Atl. 747. On the second trial the evidence introduced by the plaintiff was such that, if taken in the most favorable light for him, the jury would have been justified in regarding it as sufficient to establish, among other things, the following state of facts:—

While scouring a frame in a room in the fourth story of the defendant’s mill known as the “new room,” from which a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
  2. Smith v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
  3. Cook v. MorrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
  4. Girard v. Grosvenordale Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1909

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hanlon v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
  2. Ace-High Dresses, Inc. v. J. C. Trucking Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
  3. Carta v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
  4. Anderson v. ColucciSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
  5. Fritz v. GaudetSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1924

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