Legal Opinion
Sasso v. Ayotte
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 9, 1967PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThim, J.
The plaintiff instituted this action seeking damages. He alleged that, because of the unskilful and negligent manner in which the defendants had drilled a well on the plaintiff’s property, the well water had become contaminated.
The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff against both defendants. On motion by the defendants, a judgment notwithstanding the verdict was rendered in their behalf. Prom this judgment the plaintiff has appealed. He asserts that there was sufficient evidence from which the jury could reasonably have concluded that the defendants…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kaplan v. Merberg Wrecking CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- Urban v. Hartford Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Petrizzo v. Commercial Contractors CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- Pelletier v. BilbilesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Ferrie v. SperrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Johnson v. FlammiaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Scribner v. O'Brien, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Bertozzi v. McCarthySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Gutierrez v. Kent Nowlin Construction Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- Guilford Yacht Club Ass'n v. Northeast Dredging, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
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