Chabot v. W. H. McElwain Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for negligence to recover damages for personal injuries. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove that she scratched her finger on a wire protruding about half an inch from the side of the machine she was operating; that general infection of her body resulted from the accident; and that she has experienced very serious ailments by reason thereof.
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Case, for negligence to recover damages for personal injuries. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove that she scratched her finger on a wire protruding about half an inch from the side of the machine she was operating; that general infection of her body resulted from the accident; and that she has experienced very serious ailments by reason thereof. The defendants’ motions for a nonsuit and directed verdict, and that the verdict be set aside as against the law and the evidence, were denied subject to the defendants’ exceptions. Exceptions were…
1Opinion of the CourtPlummer, J.
This is the same case reported in 78 N. H. 614. There it was decided on the plaintiff’s exception to a nonsuit, that the defendants might be held liable for the plaintiff’s injury. The defendants in support of their motions, now being' considered, for a nonsuit and directed verdict, have not contended that they might not be found liable on the evidence for the plaintiff’s injury resulting from the accident. The sole claim now appears to be that the damages for which compensation is sought by the plaintiff, are too remote and speculative to be attributed to the accident suffered by her. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lally v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1909
- Chabot v. W. H. McElwain Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1917
- Lyman v. BrownSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905