Connelly v. Carrig

Two actions — one by an infant to recover damages for personal injuries on the ground that the same were caused by defendant’s negligence; the other by the father of the infant to recover damages for the loss of services and for expenses of medical treatment in caring for the injury. The answer in each action denied the allegations of negligence set out in each complaint. The actions were tried together.

At the trial it appeared that the defendant had a small grocery store in which was a coffee grinder operated by electricity. The infant plaintiff testified that at the time of the accident he…