Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event.
In our opinion, under the facts of this case, a jury could determine that the loss of the eye was caused by an accident within the meaning of the policy. The depositing of the infected animal matter on the plaintiff-appellant's eye while he was working was totally unforeseen and unexpected, and a jury could properly find that that was the sole contributing cause of the infection which...
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