Roma v. Thames River Specialties Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Greene, J.; the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $5,000, which the trial court set aside upon motion of the defendant, and from this action the plaintiff appealed.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and tried to the jury before Greene, J.; the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $5,000, which the trial court set aside upon motion of the defendant, and from this action the plaintiff appealed. The plaintiff was employed in a paper-mill operated by a tenant of the defendant, and situated in the third story of the defendant’s factory building. The tenant also had storage facilities in the basement. In the building was…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The court, having refused to direct a verdict for the defendant, set aside one which the jury returned in favor of the plaintiff. There was nothing irregular or improper in this. Cook v. Morris, 66 Conn. 196, 211, 33 Atl. 994.
It was the court’s duty to set aside the verdict if its manifest injustice was so plain and palpable as to justify the suspicion that the jury or some of its members were influenced by prejudice, corruption or partiality. Fell v. Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co., 76 Conn. 494, 496, 57 Atl. 175; Burr v. Harty, 75 Conn. 127, 129, 52 Atl. 724. And this is trae even if the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Cables v. Bristol Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Cook v. MorrisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Bradbury v. City of South NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
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