Legal Opinion
Dokus v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 7, 1943PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDickenson, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, Sandor, stepped off the steps of the defendants’ train when the train was approaching a station at a speed of about forty miles an hour and was killed. The plaintiff brought this action, setting up, in a first count, intoxication of Sandor to the knowledge of the defendants, and their negligence thereafter in announcing the station, opening the door and failing properly to protect Sandor, and, in the second count, negligence of the same character in operating the train without reference to the intoxication of Sandor. The defendants denied these allegations and…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- State v. HayesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- The GermanicSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Roden v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Horvath v. TontiniSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Gosselin v. PerrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
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- Andrea v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
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