Legal Opinion
Scibek v. O'Connell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 5, 1945PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover for injuries suffered from a fall on a stairway in the defendant’s building leading from a store leased by her husband to the cellar below. She claimed that the defendant’s liability arose from his negligent failure to carry out his agreement to replace or repair the stairway. The sole assignment of error is based on the denial of the motion to set aside the plaintiff’s verdict.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: The plaintiff’s husband, Stanley Scibek, leased a store in Seymour from the defendant on January 1, 1942. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dean v. HershowitzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Aprile v. Colonial Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Shegda v. Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- Chipman v. National Savings BankSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Fogarty v. M. J. Beuchler & Son, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Klahr v. KostopoulosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Faber v. CreswickSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
- Fagan v. FaganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
- Van Schaack & Co. v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1954
- Desmarchais v. DalySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
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