Legal Opinion
Gibson v. Hoppman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 7, 1928PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaitbie, J.
The plaintiff was injured by a fall while descending a stairway leading from an apartment, occupied by her parents, located on the third floor of a building owned by the defendants, to the hall on the second floor. The building contained three separate apartments, one on each floor, each rented by the defendants to a separate family. The negligence alleged was a failure of the defendants to provide a handrail for the stairway in question and to provide for the lighting of the halls and stairways in the building at night. The defendants filed a general denial.
The stairway in question was…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Reardon v. ShimelmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Andrews v. WilliamsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Monroe v. Hartford Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Marwedel v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Bunnell v. Waterbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Webel v. Yale UniversitySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Sargent v. RossSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1973
- L'Heureux v. HurleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Greene v. DiFazioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Staples v. SendersOregon Supreme Court · 1940
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