Sweet v. Hemingway Transport, Inc.

This negligence action which was tried before a Superior Court jury arose from a series of automobile collisions that occurred in Stonington, Connecticut in the southbound lanes of United States Interstate Route 95 at approximately 7:30 a.m. on February 10, 1968, at or near the Mystic Seaport exit ramp. A report made by the Connecticut State Police lists six vehicles as having been involved in the incident. During the trial, the operator of one of the vehicles who was not involved in this suit, when asked to describe the prevailing road and weather conditions replied, “treacherous, snowy,…