Brodie v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in suddenly starting its car from which the plaintiff'was alighting, brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Bur-pee, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $7,000, and appeal by the defendant. No error.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries sustained on June 22d, 1912, while the plaintiff was alighting from the defendant’s car at the corner of Church and Chapel streets in the city of New Haven. The errors of which the defendant complains are based upon the charge of the court, and the .court’s refusal to grant a new trial on account of the alleged misconduct of two of the jurors.
The defendant complains because of the failure of the trial court to charge the jury as to their duty in case there was an exact equipoise in the evidence. In civil cases, where the evidence is equally…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pettibone v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1840
- State v. FettererSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Wood v. HolahSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- State v. DuffySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889
- State v. PecciulisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
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