Putnam patriot., 1927-04-01
15Ks 4fO,ooo DAMAGES
 FOR LOSS OF RIGHT LEG
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 rcd He continued diagonaliy across t1 the ieit hand side of the highway and fell aa the ideWalk He said the automobile drisag by MT Kent went ta a position on the north side of the h#Fh say near the eeEeHHma at's lot
 Witness sad that the front spring on the right hand side of the Kent au- tgmabile hit his leg He told 0f being taken Co the hospital and of his leg being amp1tated. He paid th hos- pItal bill of S34 so. paid Sl25 for a wooden leg and paid Dr. Phillips g.. 4 bill 0f Dr S g Overlook of SZgo for amputatlag the leg had not been paid
 BUuoit said that at the=time 8f the accident be was working as carpen- ter for S1 ii day He was iH the hos pltai a month and a day and did not 70 to work again until November or January for So a day, the lower wages being on account of his injury. Wit nezs said the Kent car was in motion when 1t hit him.
 AmputAted Leg
 The cross examination of the plain tIH was deferred while Dr. $. E. Over lock took the stand The doctor told ef Ben0it's being received al the hos pitat with the right leg bone and soft part. SO badly crushed that f was nee essary Co amputate. He suffered pain and from the shock and Was nearly bI=d out
 Theodore RobItaille testified that he Has driving a lumber wagon in which 8as load 5f ashes and was about twenty five feet from the corner of Grove treet au School street when the accident happened He saw Benoit come from behind the telephone truck and aW Mir Kent come out of the 3HI#eNay md hit him and knock him along He aid that the Kent car was moving Hf fhe time of the collision
 John C. Plat of Wiiiimautic at the t.HH af the accident va employed H fatams handle factory He was on H= aHy ta the factory 8u bis bicycle when the accident happened He came around The corner from South Man lsaaf onto Grove street and saw the automobile coming out of the drive aas |, was crawling The ear hit BeH5a lt Was I2.45 o'clock when the cross examination of Plat was con aEH#=4 and fae plaiutiT rested.
 Defendants Story
 Nf Kent was che first witness for the defense Hf said he saw the truck af the Telephone Company Waiting to eet in tho driveway where hls ear was parked -a he got into his ear and tarfed to drive out He saw the mo tareEeie coming and brought his car ta stop He first said that the front 9hsal were en the sidewalk but later azH they might have been iH the gut faE II ald he came fa stop
 tue did that he did mot know tHHH Heurft had been injured until he aa hum faIl au Che sidewalk llc dId ua. ta.I HE lar of an impact but h#aHa a Halze G. ai two pieces of iron HH.Ha truck together He aid that H#z##8f gea= EaiHg rapidly and traseled sHs4t nits Ieef after he hit his ear I==s=Hf l.. where Bcuait 0az Bena11zs Hsazhai aaHHd Htnuit haH he cume t8 6Ia and lHe plaintiff aH Wercd EaHHhs aaaHid make f
 Benjamin Altman aT Providence a4A h. ne the accident while stand= #HH aH.GE agaIHsf the Masonic I'm pie lie +aw che Kent ear drive out aad at1n aH the sidewalk with front Whfel u the gutter. iir saw Brnait and he wHHe over ta the curb. turned ta the Jeff and came over tn the side where witness Wa- and laid down The motorcycle was going fast
 Flareuus Clark said he was walking home and while on south Main street fifty feet north of Grove street Beu0it passed hum Benoit was proceeding at A moderate rate of speed He saw Mr. e la sH.444 d stop with he front wheels of his ear n the gutter He looked away just as lhe accident happened and did not see the machines come together.
 Henry \ Freeman of Norwich and Leo j lemoine, employees of the Tele- phone Company. were on the truck that vas stopped They saw the ac eident They testified Mir Kent stop ped his ear with the front wheels just over thc sidewalk in the gutter They sad Benoit came along at a pretty good clip and hit the Kent automo- bile
 Mss Smith. who was employed in the business office of the Telephone Company said she heard Mir Kent s car start uut uf the driveway and heard 1t stop She heard the impact If the collision and looked out and saw Mr Kent E automobile in the driveway with its front wheels m the gutter
 Counsel for the plaintiff. Attorneys Mlrnn and Harvey. argued that 1t Was physically impossible for the accident to happen as described hv defendant $ witnesses because with the Kent ear headed straight out into Grove street Bcnoit could not have hit the right front spring
 Attorney Broder of Hartford argued chat the Kent ear was at standstill and that the defendant was therefore free from negligence and he further claimed that Renoit was guilty of con tributary negligence in the way he