Peloso v. Imperatore

This civil action to recover damages for personal injury was tried to a jury in the Superior Court, and a verdict was returned for the defendant. The plaintiff’s subsequent motion for a new trial was granted, and the defendant is now in this court prosecuting an appeal from that decision.

It is not disputed that plaintiff’s employer, Peloso, Inc., had contracted with the purchaser of a Navy surplus crane to dismantle and transport that crane from Quonset Point Naval Air Station to a point in New Jersey. It appears that Peloso, Inc. had hired another crane, a mobile type of machine, for use in…