Orzechowski v. Higgins

The defendants have appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court entered upon a jury’s verdict. They assign error in the denial of their motion to set aside the verdict as not supported by the evidence on the issue of liability and as excessive, in the charge, and in rulings on evidence. Only two of the assigned errors need be considered in order to dispose of this appeal.

We shall consider first a ruling on evidence. The plaintiff was struck by the automobile of the named defendant when it was being operated by her husband, the defendant John J. Higgins, on Huber Street in New Britain at 8…