Hoyt v. Northern Maine Fair Ass'n
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On general motion for a new trial. This is an action on the case to recover damages for injuries sustained by one John N. Willard, the driver of a trotting horse in races held by defendant on the fourth day of September, 1919, who was at the time of the injuries in the employ of plaintiff; who was an assenting employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Maine, having paid compensation, claimed to be subrogated to the rights of said John N. Willard, alleging negligence…
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On general motion for a new trial. This is an action on the case to recover damages for injuries sustained by one John N. Willard, the driver of a trotting horse in races held by defendant on the fourth day of September, 1919, who was at the time of the injuries in the employ of plaintiff; who was an assenting employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Maine, having paid compensation, claimed to be subrogated to the rights of said John N. Willard, alleging negligence on the part of defendant. The case was tried before a jury and a verdict in the sum of forty-eight hundred dollars was…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is an action on the case brought to recover of the defendant, the Northern Maine Fair Association, damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted upon and suffered by John N. Willard, the driver of a trotting horse entered for the races on the fourth day of September, 1919, and in the employ of the plaintiff, through and owing, to the negligence of the defendant corporation, or its servants and agents.
The plaintiff, as employer of the injured John N. Willard, and an assenting employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Law of Maine, having paid compensation, and having become liable…
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