Legal Opinion
Chasse v. Albert
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 15, 1960PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMbllitz, J.
The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle accident in Maine and brought this action to recover damages for the injuries he sustained. No direct testimony was presented to explain the cause of the accident. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendants, and the question is whether it erred in refusing to set the verdict aside.
The jury, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, could have found the following facts: The plaintiff was a passenger in a car owned by the defendant Guy Daigle. It went off the road near Skowhegan, Maine, early on the morning of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Palmieri v. MacEroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Chaisson v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Briganti v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Ryan v. George L. Lilley Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- Latham v. HankeySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Berchtold v. MaggiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Murray v. City of MilfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Saloomey v. Jeppesen & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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