Alfonso v. Stavnitsky

There does not seem to be much question about the facts in this case. It is largely a question of law. On-May 5th last, the plaintiff purchased a small box of chocolate-covered peanuts from a vending machine owned and operated by the defendant at the plaintiff’s place of employment in East Hartford. While the plaintiff was eating the peanuts, a small piece of wood about three-quarters of an inch- long from said’ box, the' presence of which was unknown to the plaintiff, pierced his gum and broke off a corner of an upper lateral incisor tooth, causing the damage alleged. The complaint is-based…