Tenney v. Baird Machine 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 Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $3,000, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The thirteenth paragraph of the complaint alleges that the plaintiff was a common laborer at the time of his injury, and had no knowledge of mechanics, and did not appreciate nor understand the danger of the work he was performing, that he was not instructed nor warned of such danger by the defendant, and that the latter understood the danger to which the plaintiff was exposed in the work which he was set to perform. There were other allegations of negligence, but these were withdrawn from the jury by the court in its charge. The only issues for the jury, therefore, were those raised upon the…
2Cited by6 opinions
- State v. CastagnaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- Andrea v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
- Sheehan v. SetteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- O'Brien v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
- Tenney v. Baird Machine Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
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