Court Opinion

ID: 3666300
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 06:16:15.312155+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:45:37.449060
License: Public Domain

This is an action to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleges (1) negligence, and (2) breach of an implied warranty.
The plaintiff's mother had gone to the defendant's place of business the day before the alleged accident, and complained about the corner of a table having come apart, the table having been bought from the defendant some two years before. Mr. Pearlman, owner of the defendant Salvage Company, offered to repair the table if she would have it sent to his place of business. She informed him she had no way of bringing the table to his place of business. He then told her he would give her a can of glue and she could fix it. She expressed some doubt as to her ability to fix the table and he asked her if she had a son and she said she did. She accepted the can of glue which was a nationally advertised *Page 122 
product. The plaintiff testified that on the following day when he undertook to open the can of glue to fix the dining room table, when the contents of the can came into contact with the air, there was a violent explosion and the lid to the container flew up and hit him in the eye, causing serious and permanent injury to his left eye.
At the close of plaintiff's evidence the defendant moved for judgment as of nonsuit. The motion was granted and the plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court.
A careful consideration of the plaintiff's evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to him, leads us to the conclusion that it is not sufficient to carry this case to the jury. Hence, the judgment of the court below will be upheld.
Affirmed.