Legal Opinion
Nuzzo v. Nathan
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 10, 2010No. AC 30492PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRUENDEL, J.
In this extremely close case, the defendant, Alyse Nathan, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the motion of the plaintiff, Giovanna Nuzzo, to set aside the verdict reached by the jury in favor of the defendant. On appeal, the defendant claims that she presented sufficient evidence from which the jury reasonably and logically could have found that ice or salt on the road caused the vehicle she was driving to slide or skid and strike the plaintiffs vehicle. We agree and reverse the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the…
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