Johnson v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $5,000, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge W. Wheeler, J.
The plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s trolley-car, and the verdict of the jury imports that she suffered the injuries complained of through an explosion caused by a defective controller, which the defendant in the exercise of its duty would have discovered and remedied; and that the plaintiff’s physical injuries were severe, and resulting therefrom was a highly nervous condition of chronic neurasthenia or nervous exhaustion.
The defendant complains that evidence of future apprehended injuries, which were merely possible, was received against its objection; and, further, that the court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Hoyt v. City of DanburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Hardy v. Milwaukee Street Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
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