Brennan v. Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and heard in damages to the court, Thayer, •/.; facts found and.judgment rendered for $3,000, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The appellant also filed an application to rectify the finding of the trial court.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and heard in damages to the court, Thayer, •/.; facts found and.judgment rendered for $3,000, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The appellant also filed an application to rectify the finding of the trial court. Certain questions connected with this case have been discussed in cases between the same parties reported in 71 Conn. 479, 72 id. 386 and 73 id. 412. From the finding of facts…
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The principal questions in this case arise under the defendant’s contention that the act of negligence complained of was that of a co-employee of the plaintiff.
The complaint alleges, as the cause of the fall of the timber by which the plaintiff was injured, that when unloaded from the cars on the 17th of November, the stringers were insecurely piled, so that the top stringer in the west tier of the pile in question “ would fall down from a slight touch or jar and largely of its own weight,” and that the timbers were thus insecurely piled, and so allowed to remain until the time of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McElligott v. RandolphSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- John Spry Lumber Co. v. DugganIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Brewer v. New York, Lake Erie & Western R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Zeigler v. Danbury & Norwalk RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. State ex rel. BitzerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1882
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Perille v. Raybestos-Manhattan-Europe, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Benson v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Brennan v. Berlin Iron Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Judson & Little v. TuckerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Furlong v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910