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RAFFERTY v. HULL BREWING CO.

350 Mass. 359 (1966)

215 N.E.2d 85

JOSEPH RAFFERTY vs. THE HULL BREWING COMPANY (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Casey for The Hull Brewing Company.

Joseph J. Walsh for The Handy Beer and Wine Company.

Joseph J. Hurley for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.

SPALDING, J.

The plaintiff was working as a clerk in a small variety store in Roxbury on March 30, 1957, when a bottle of Old India ale which he was handling exploded, causing injury to his left eye. As a result of that injury, these actions in tort were brought against The Hull Brewing Company (Hull), bottler of the ale, and against The Handy Beer and Wine Company (Handy), distributor of the ale to the plaintiff's employer. In each of the declarations, the plaintiff...

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