Consiglio v. Ahern

The stipulation of facts1 as submitted by the parties discloses that on March 28, 1964, at about 9 p.m., the defendant’s 1955 Chrysler sedan *305was parked in front of her home at 212 Exchange Street,2 a public street, in the city of New Haven. On the same night, at about 9:30 p.m., her vehicle was involved in a collision with the plaintiff’s 1962 four-door Pontiac sedan, which was parked on Chapel Street, a public highway, and the plaintiff’s automobile was extensively damaged. It was the defendant’s usual custom to leave her car unlocked and unattended, in the nighttime, on a public street in…