Yasevac v. New Haven Shore Line Ry. Co., Inc.

Plaintiff’s intestate, Joseph Yasevac, was killed by a bus operated by the defendant. The jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appealed from the denial of its motion to set aside the verdict. The only question in the case is whether the plaintiff’s intestate was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

The jury could have found the following facts: Yasevac had for some time been engaged with others in clearing up the damage done by the hurricane along the Boston Post Road just east of Clinton. The road at the point wheré the accident occurred was straight for…