Legal Opinion
Burke v. Town of West Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 19, 1960PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMellitz, J.
The substituted plaintiff had a verdict for damages for personal injuries sustained by her decedent as the result of a fall on an icy sidewalk. The trial court set the verdict aside on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to sustain the burden of proving due care on the part of the decedent, and the plaintiff has appealed.
From the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff, the jury could have found the following facts. The injury was sustained on February 13,1948, and the decedent died in December, 1953, from causes unrelated to his fall. He was employed as a clerk in the post office at…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Carl v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
- Town of Wethersfield v. National Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Kotler v. LalleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Fabrizi v. GolubSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Gagne v. VaccaroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Lukas v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Hillier v. City of East HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Steele v. Town of StoningtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Rodriguez v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
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