Farrell v. Eastern MacHinery Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate by negligence, brought to and heard in damages by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $8,000, and appeal by the defendant. The defendant manufactured and installed elevators. One Maynard was employed to superintend and take charge of this department of its business. He was an experienced and competent man.
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Action to recover damages for causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate by negligence, brought to and heard in damages by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $8,000, and appeal by the defendant. The defendant manufactured and installed elevators. One Maynard was employed to superintend and take charge of this department of its business. He was an experienced and competent man. Farrell, the plaintiff’s intestate, was employed by the defendant as a laborer. For the most part his work was in the factory, but on a…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The defendant manufactures and installs elevators. Farrell, the plaintiff’s intestate, who was an unskilled laborer, was its servant in the installation of a freight elevator hr one of the shops of the National Wire Corporation. He worked with and under the direction and superintendence of one Maynard, another employee, who was skilled in the business, competent for the work entrusted to him, and a suitable fellow-servant. The prosecution of the work upon which they were engaged necessitated the erection and use, upon each floor of the building, of stagings conveniently placed over and across…
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