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LEMMON v. PATERSON CONSTRUCTION CO.

137 Conn. 158 (1950)

WILLIAM G. LEMMON ET AL. v. THE PATERSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 25, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Moran, with whom was John E. McNerney, for the appellant (defendant).

Edward L. Reynolds, with whom was John J. Kinney, Jr., for the appellee (named plaintiff), and, on the brief, Arthur B. O'Keefe, Jr., for the appellee (plaintiff H. B. Ives Company).

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, JS.

BROWN, C. J.

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...

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