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GREENE v. DIFAZIO

148 Conn. 419 (1961)

WILLIAM D. GREENE, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF MAURICE S. GREENE) v. PASQUALE DIFAZIO ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 23, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin T. Gormley, with whom, on the brief, was Martin E. Gormley, for the appellants (defendants).

Clarence A. Hadden, with whom were David C. Hadden and, on the brief, William L. Hadden and Joseph N. Perelmutter, for the appellee (plaintiff).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, SHEA and ALCORN, JS.

MURPHY, J.

Maurice Greene, the plaintiff's decedent, was nine years old when he fell from the second story into the cellar of a house being constructed by the defendants. He was attempting to walk across a plank laid over an open stair well, to reach a ladder running to the first floor. He died as a result of the injuries sustained. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff to recover damages for the boy's death. The trial court refused to set the verdict aside...

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