Baril v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence in failing to properly light a subway in its station at Bridgeport, brought to the City Court of Waterbury and tried to the jury before McMahon, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $150, and appeal by the defendant from the refusal of the trial court to set aside the verdict as against the evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received while upon the defendant’s depot grounds at Bridgeport. The complaint alleges that plaintiff stumbled and fell upon a pair of stairs while he was passing from the ticket office of the defendant’s railroad station, under its tracks, through the subway, up to the platform upon the easterly side of the depot, where he intended to take a train for Waterbury. The negligence relied upon was the failure of the defendant to provide a sufficient and proper light for passengers using the subway at…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Webster v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Phillips v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
- Hogner v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Kidwell v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
- Warren v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1864
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Koops v. GreggSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Butler v. SteckSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Robinson v. BackesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
- Tippett v. QuadeCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1973
- Pappaceno v. PicknellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
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