RICCIUTTI v. SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC.


343 Mass. 347 (1961)

178 N.E.2d 857

JOSEPH J. RICCIUTTI vs. SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 18, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Mackin, (Paul F. Shaughnessy with him,) for the plaintiff.

Thomas H. Mahony, (George T. Padula with him,) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


SPIEGEL, J.

This is an action of tort for personal injuries by a self-employed "tube bender" or "glass blower" against the manufacturer of certain fluorescent tubes which were coated on the inside with a powder containing a chemical known as beryllium. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and the case comes here on the exceptions of the plaintiff to the admission and exclusion of evidence and to the failure of the judge to give certain requested instructions...

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