(DOWNLOAD) "Lemmon v. Paterson Construction Co." by Supreme Court of Connecticut " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Lemmon v. Paterson Construction Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 25, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained by the named plaintiff, hereinafter called the plaintiff, when he was struck by the movable portion of a fire escape alleged to have been negligently lowered by the defendant. The court denied the defendant's motion for a directed verdict and the jury returned a verdict of $10,000 for the plaintiffs. The court denied the defendant's motion to set it aside. The defendant has appealed, and the errors assigned relate to the denial of its motions and to the court's charge to the jury. It is undisputed that the jury could have reasonably found these facts: On March 29, 1946, the plaintiff was employed as a factory carpenter by the Ives Company. It occupied a four-story brick building on Artizan Street in New Haven. Attached to the rear of the building and extending from the fourth floor to the yard below was an iron fire escape with a platform at each floor. An exit door opened on each of these platforms. The fire escape between the fourth and second floors was firmly fixed and immovable. A flight of three stationary steps led down from the platform at the second floor. One end of a movable iron ladder or set of Steps was so hinged to the bottom of this flight that the other end could be lowered to the ground. When not so lowered, this section was kept suspended twelve feet in the air in a horizontal position parallel to the wall of the building by means of a heavy counterweight. To change the position of the section so that it would contact the ground, it was necessary, by the application of continuing pressure upon an iron bar
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