Legal Opinion
McGrath v. Crane Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 8, 1934PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
The plaintiff sought compensation for loss of vision in his right eye resulting from a detached retina. He was employed as a shipping clerk, and his duties required him to pack fittings into bags weighing two hundred to three hundred pounds each, which were carried on a truck up a ramp to a platform upon which they were piled. The handling of the bags was laborious work requiring the exertion of a certain amount of strength, and plaintiff claimed that the detached retina in his right eye resulted from strain in piling the bags on the platform. The commissioner found that the plaintiff gave no…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Madore v. New Departure Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Gannon v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Gonirenki v. American Steel & Wire Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Hart v. BrainerdSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Morisi v. Ansonia Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kearns v. City of TorringtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Garofola v. Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
- Jobbes v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Costello v. CostelloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
- Lucarelli v. Earle C. Dodds, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
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