Legal Opinion
Gorczyca v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 29, 1954PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
In this action for personal injuries tried to a jury, the named plaintiff was awarded $52,000 in damages against the defendant New York Central Railroad Company, hereinafter called the defendant. The court denied the motion to set aside the verdict as excessive and the defendant has appealed.
There is no precise rule by which an award of damages can be fixed in an action for personal in juries, because compensation for them does not lend itself readily to mathematical computation. Russakoff v. Stamford, 134 Conn. 450, 455, 58 A.2d 517; Samaha v. Mauro, 104 Conn. 300, 302, 132 A. 455; Knight v.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Slabinski v. DixSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Figlar v. GordonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- Briggs v. BeckerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1924
- Rutkowski v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Gondek v. PliskaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Botta v. BrunnerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
- Faught Ex Rel. Faught v. WashamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- Champagne v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Vandersluis v. WeilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
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