Janilus v. International Paper Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by plaintiff. Exceptions sustained. Verdict set aside. New trial granted. This is an action on the case brought by the plaintiff to recover damages against the defendant for personal injuries, sustained by him while in the employ of the defendant. Plea, the general issue. The plaintiff had exceptions to certain instructions and refusals to instruct the jury by the presiding Justice.
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On exceptions by plaintiff. Exceptions sustained. Verdict set aside. New trial granted. This is an action on the case brought by the plaintiff to recover damages against the defendant for personal injuries, sustained by him while in the employ of the defendant. Plea, the general issue. The plaintiff had exceptions to certain instructions and refusals to instruct the jury by the presiding Justice. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and the plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
Action on the case for damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while employed as a laborer by the defendant. The verdict was for the defendant, and the case is before the Court on exceptions by the plaintiff to the refusal of the presiding Justice to give certain rulings requested, and to portions of the charge of the presiding Justice.
The case shows that the plaintiff entered the service of the defendant in the town of Rumford, in the County of Oxford, three days before he was injured, and that on the day of the injury he was directed, with others, to unload coal from cars…
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