(DOWNLOAD) "Esposito v. Hospital of St. Raphael" by Supreme Court of Connecticut # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Esposito v. Hospital of St. Raphael
- Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
- Release Date : January 25, 1955
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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The plaintiff brought this action
to recover damages for injuries sustained in a
fall occasioned by her tripping against a mat in
the defendant's hospital. The jury returned a
plaintiff's verdict, upon which the court
rendered judgment. The defendant has appealed,
assigning various grounds of error, but, under the
view which we take, it will be necessary to discuss
only one. This deals with a ruling on evidence. The plaintiff offered evidence to prove the
following facts: On May 20, 1951, and for many
years prior thereto, the defendant owned and was
in control of premises at which it maintained a
hospital. There were, at the main entrance, double
glass doors Opening upon a foyer. Spread over the
terrazzo floor near the entrance were two link
mats, so arranged that a visitor entering the
building and proceeding up the stairs to the main
lobby would walk across first one and then the
other. Each mat was nine feet by five, weighed over
one hundred pounds, was composed of sections of rubber
joined together with brass wire, was flexible and would
not slip or move under ordinary traffic. Unless the mat [142 Conn. 97]
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