Lakewood Metal Products, Inc. v. Capital Machine & Switch Co.

The plaintiff instituted this action on September 16, 1964, alleging that on September 18, 1963, its employee Piorie Jacaruso was injured as a result of a fire which occurred in an electrostatic lacquer machine which had been manufactured and installed by the defendant Capital Machine and Switch Company and which utilized an electrocoating process which had been installed by the *709defendant Ransburg Electro-Coating Corporation. The complaint alleged that this injury was compensable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. General Statutes c. 568. Section 31-293 of that act authorizes an employer…