Forte v. Muzi Motors, Inc.

This is an action in tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when his foot was caught beneath a descending hydraulic automobile lift in the de fendant’s garage on April 22,1971. The case was tried to a jury in Superior Court in February, 1976. At the close of the evidence the case was submitted to the jury under the comparative negligence statute, 1 and the jury were requested to return a special verdict comprised of their answers to eleven specific questions.

In their special verdict the jury found that both the defendant and the plaintiff had been negligent and that their…