Zalewski v. Waterbury Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Williams, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The plaintiff was employed in the defendant’s factory as a pressman, and was injured by the punch falling on his hand.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Williams, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The plaintiff was employed in the defendant’s factory as a pressman, and was injured by the punch falling on his hand. The plaintiff claimed, and offered evidence to prove, that the accident was caused by a defective condition of the clutch and the attachments and gearing connected with the treadle. After the jury had been…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The only assignment of error we deem it necessary to discuss relates to the refusal of the court to permit counsel to examine the Jurors individually, in accordance with the Act of 1913.
It is necessarily admitted, in view of the statute, that the ruling of the court was erroneous, and the real question is whether the point of law has been lost or waived by the appellant submitting to the ruling without taking an exception. We think there was no intentional waiver, and that what was said in submitting to the ruling must be understood as spoken in view of the trial court’s statement that it was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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