Legal Opinion
Lopes v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 27, 1958PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, J.
The plaintiff’s decedent, John R. Pina, Jr., was electrocuted on August 5, 1954, while working in the yard of his employer’s place of business in Newington. At the time, he was manually guiding a bundle of steel rods as they were being transferred from a truck to a storage área. The rods were suspended at the end of a cable attached to the boom of a crane. The boom came in contact with, or in close proximity to, overhead high tension electrical wires, and electricity passed down the cable to *315the decedent. The shock killed him. The plaintiff, administrator of his estate, brought suit to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- DeCarufel v. Colonial Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Ferino v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- Corey v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Johnson v. ShattuckSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Botticelli v. WintersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. TropianoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
- Sears v. CurtisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Franks v. LockwoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Berniere v. KrippsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
- State v. DavilaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
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