Legal Opinion
Chase v. Fitzgerald
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 3, 1946PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The defendants appeal from the denial of motions to set aside a plaintiff’s verdict on the grounds that it was against the evidence and was excessive in amount.
The jury might have found the following facts: The decedent, on October 27, 1944, having a message to deliver to the operator of a bus, planned to meet it at the junction of South Main Street, which is a state highway running south from Waterbury, and Platts Mills Road, which enters South Main Street from the west but does not cross it. The decedent was driven by her husband in his car north toward Waterbury on South Main Street, and…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- O'Dea v. AmodeoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Bridenstine v. Iowa City Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Kling v. TorelloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
- Rodgers v. BoyntonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Floyd v. Fruit Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
- Katsetos v. NolanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- Gionfriddo v. Avis Rent A Car System, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Mattfeld v. NesterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- Reid L. Feldman, as Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Feldman, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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