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GELINAS v. NEW ENGLAND POWER CO.

359 Mass. 119 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 336

ALBERT A. GELINAS, JR. vs. NEW ENGLAND POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

April 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Cohen for the plaintiff.

Francis H. George for the defendant.

Present: SPALDING, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, REARDON, & QUIRICO, JJ.

QUIRICO, J.

This is an action in tort for negligence in which the plaintiff seeks recovery for personal injuries sustained by him when electricity from a transmission line of the defendant entered a machine on which the plaintiff was working and passed through the machine to the ground. The case is before us on the plaintiff's exceptions to the allowance of the defendant's motion for a directed verdict, and to the exclusion of evidence offered by the plaintiff.

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