BEAL v. MERRITT-CHAPMAN & SCOTT CORPORATION


145 Conn. 43 (1958)

STEPHEN BEAL ET AL. v. MERRITT-CHAPMAN AND SCOTT CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 21, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Suisman, with whom, on the brief, were Max M. Shapiro and Louis C. Wool, for the appellant (named plaintiff).

Allyn L. Brown, Jr., for the appellant (plaintiff Liberty Mutual Insurance Company).

J. Rodney Smith, with whom, on the brief, was John C. Dennis, for the appellee (defendant).

WYNNE, C. J., BALDWIN, DALY, KING and COVELLO, Js.


KING, J.

The named plaintiff, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, while employed as a night guard at the Groton plant of the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, hereinafter referred to as Electric Boat, sustained personal injuries by falling into an open trench which had been dug for water and sewer pipes serving a new building then being constructed by the defendant as contractor. The plaintiff received workmen's compensation, and the insurer...

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