Karnasiewicz v. City of New Britain

Sexton Street in New Britain runs into LaSalle Street from the south; the home of the plaintiff’s decedent was on the north side of LaSalle Street about opposite the place where Sexton Street enters; on July 22, 1943, he was killed by an automobile which, out of control, descended a steep hill on Sexton Street, crossed LaSalle Street in a diagonal course and, running over the curb and sidewalk, struck him. In this action against the city, the trial court submitted to the jury two possible grounds upon which the plaintiff might recover: that the death of the decedent was caused by the…