Gerardi v. Driscoll
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants in failing to shore up a ditch or sewer at the bottom of which the plaintiff was at work, brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County and tried to the jury before Tuttle, J.; a verdict was directed for the defendants, from the judgment upon which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The jury might have found from the evidence these facts: The plaintiff was an Italian day laborer who had had a considerable experience in digging dirt and a limited experience in digging sewers. He was not familiar with and had had no experience in the bracing of the walls of a sewer ditch. At the time of the accident he was working for the defendants in drilling a rock in a ditch which was from seven to nine feet deep at the point of the accident. His work had nothing to do with the construction, use, or inspection of the bracing used in the defendants’ sewer ditch. The walls of this ditch…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Worden v. Gore-Meenan Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Belevicze v. Platt Bros & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Baer v. Baird Machine Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Donovan v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Coogan v. Aeolian Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
3Cited by8 opinions
- Dean v. HershowitzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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- French v. W. W. Mertz Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Pall v. PallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Novy v. Breakwater Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
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