Weiss v. Republic Pipe & Supply Corp.

This is an action of tort seeking recovery for injuries to the plaintiff alleged to have been caused by the negligence of an employee of the defendant. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Under leave reserved, the trial judge entered a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The case is here on the plaintiff’s bill of exceptions.

The plaintiff was employed as a plumber at premises to which the defendant was about to deliver a boiler section, about six feet wide, six and a half feet long, and eight to ten inches thick, and weighing seven hundred fifty pounds. This "had been…