Legal Opinion
Adams v. Mohican Hotel
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 9, 1938PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The plaintiff fell while leaving the Meridian Street entrance to- the Mohican Hotel in New London and was injured. The jury returned a verdict of $1500 for her and the defendant’s only assignment of error is because of the refusal of the court to set the verdict aside. It claims that the en trance was not in fact unsafe, that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law and that the size of the verdict shows that the jury were unduly swayed by sympathy for the plaintiff.
The construction and condition of the entrance was not in dispute. The main entrance of the hotel…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bunnell v. Waterbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Ward v. AverySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Esserman v. MaddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
- Hurlburt v. ShermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Johnson v. PulidySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Vandersluis v. WeilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Johnson v. FlammiaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Fairbanks v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Corey v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Fort Dodge Hotel Co. of Fort Dodge v. BarteltCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
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