Strosnick v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, ibrought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Curtis, J.; the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment thereon the plaintiff appealed.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, ibrought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Curtis, J.; the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment thereon the plaintiff appealed. At the time the plaintiff received his injuries, an automobile truck, owned by L. Armstead & Son and driven by one of the members of that partnership, was proceeding northerly from New Haven between Mt. Carmel and Cheshire. It was traveling upon the main highway known as Whitney Avenue. The…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
It is too clear to justify discussion, that the evidence bearing upon the issue as to the defendant’s negligence was such as to entitle the plaintiff to its submission to the jury.
The question whether or not that which related to the issue as to the plaintiff’s contributory negligence, is one presenting more substantial difficulty. Had the plaintiff been walking upon the trolley-tracks with nothing intervening between him and the trolley-car, which, as he says, he saw bearing down upon him when it was some one quarter of a mile or more distant, his conduct in not stepping aside, as he easily…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hayden v. Fair Haven & Westville RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Morrissey v. Bridgeport Traction Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Riley v. Consolidated Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Andrews v. N. York N. England R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Skinner v. ManchesterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1903
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gross v. Boston, W. N.Y. St. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Woodhull v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1924
- Podziewski v. GaumondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Hubbs v. EdmondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936