Legal Opinion
Couture v. Board of Education
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 25, 1986No. 3641PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
In this appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in directing the verdict for the defendants in his nuisance and negligence action against them, *310and in refusing to set aside that verdict. We conclude that the jury could not reasonably and legally have found for the plaintiff and accordingly find that the trial court did not err.
Certain facts are not in dispute. On November 1, 1980, the plaintiff attended a football game between Plainfield and Putnam High Schools. The plaintiff went to the game as a spectator and paid a small admission fee. He was asked, however, to participate…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Webel v. Yale UniversitySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Sestito v. City of GrotonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- West Hartford Education Assn., Inc. v. DeCourcySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Favorite v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Gauvin v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Considine v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- Tomasso Bros. v. October Twenty-Four, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Kolaniak v. Board of EducationConnecticut Appellate Court · 1992
- Patterson v. City of RichmondCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2003
- Roman v. City of StamfordConnecticut Appellate Court · 1988
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