West v. Molders Foundry Co. Inc.

This is an action of tort for personal injuries which the plaintiff contends he sustained as the result of the negligence of the defendant when he was allegedly struck by a steel “tank or tub” on the premises of the defendant. The case was submitted to a jury who returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The case is here on the defendant’s exceptions (a) to the ruling of the judge which permitted the plaintiff’s counsel to omit reading to the jury a paragraph of the defendant’s amended answer which averred that “the plaintiff received workmen’s compensation payments”; and (b) to the denial of its…