KUKURUZA v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

No. 74-1247.

510 F.2d 1208 (1975)

Michael KUKURUZA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Murphy, Boston, Mass., with whom Murphy & Mitchell, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Albert P. Zabin, Boston, Mass., with whom Schneider, Reilly, Zabin & Connolly, P.C., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant General Electric Company appeals from a judgment for $175,301 entered against it following a verdict for plaintiff Kukuruza, who was severely injured when he fell from an overhead crane in a GE plant. Most of the facts were sharply disputed, but the relevant evidence is as follows: Kukuruza was an employee of W. T. Kenney Company, which entered into a contract with GE to paint the ceilings...

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