Legal Opinion
Coughlin v. Peters
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 28, 1965PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, C. J.
This is an action claiming damages for the death of the plaintiff’s decedent, Simeon Goodwin, Jr., an eight-year-old boy, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant Joseph M. Peters and by the negligence of the defendant Marie M. Fuller. The decedent was struck, at about 3:30 in the afternoon of May 16, 1962, by a car then being operated by Peters in a southerly direction along Honeyspot Road, a public street in Stratford. Peters was defaulted for failure to appear, and the trial proceeded against Mrs. Fuller, only.
The plaintiff’s specifications of negligence on the part…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Monroe v. Hartford Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Hassett v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- McDowell v. Federal Tea Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- Newman v. GaulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Knybel v. CramerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
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