Cotoia v. Seale

The plaintiff in the first case, a minor, has brought an action to recover damages for injuries received while in the employ of the defendant. He is hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff. The second action was brought by his father to recover consequential damages. A jury returned verdicts for the plaintiff and for his father. The sole question here presented is whether the judge was right in denying the defendant’s motion for the direction of a verdict for the defendant in each case.

The defendant owned and operated an establishment called a “dog hospital” for the care and treatment of…