Pajor v. Town of Wallingford

Opinion

SHEA, J.

The defendant town of Wallingford appeals from the judgment rendered after a jury verdict awarding $700,000 to Joseph Pajor, the plaintiff,1 for injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell on a patch of ice on the sidewalk adjacent to the town hall. The defendant claims that the judgment should be reversed and a new trial ordered because the trial court incorrectly (1) admitted evidence relating to conditions of the adjoining land of the town that were naturally productive of ice on the sidewalk, (2) refused to charge, in accordance with the town’s request, that notice of…