Legal Opinion
Jump v. Ensign-Bickford Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 27, 1933PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The, plaintiff was very seriously injured by the premature discharge of dynamite when he was engaged in blasting certain rocks in a mine in Tennessee. The,blast had been prepared by another employee of the company operating the mine, who had inserted a. piece of fuse about two feet long. It should have taken about a minute and a half for the fire to travel from the outer end to the cap which would explode the dynamite. The explosion came, in fact, within two or three seconds after, as the plaintiff claimed, he had applied the flame of his miner’s lamp to the end of the fuse. His contention is…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Norwalk Gaslight Co. v. Borough of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Artman v. ArtmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Farley v. Edward E. Tower Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Marcil v. A. H. Merriman & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Schurgast v. SchumannSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- State v. HammondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Handler v. Remington Arms Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
- Horvath v. TontiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Honea v. City Dairy, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1943
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