Legal Opinion
Smeriglio v. Connecticut Savings Bank
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 7, 1942PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The plaintiff, an invitee, was injured by a fall on stairs retained in the control of the defendant landlord. At the close of his testimony, the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from the denial of his motion to set the verdict aside.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: The defendant was the owner of a tenement house in New Haven. March 19, 1941, was a rather dark, rainy day. At about 9 o’clock on that morning the plaintiff delivered five gallons of fuel oil to a third floor tenant in the house. He descended from the third to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gibson v. HoppmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Aprile v. Colonial Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Esserman v. MaddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
- Bernardo v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- White v. Devito Realty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Morris v. King Cole Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- White v. E & F CONSTRUCTION CO.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- Burley v. DavisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Ziskin v. ConfiettoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Wade v. Yale UniversitySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
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