Martins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.

The plaintiff is appealing from the judgment for the defendant, the Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P),1 in a negligence action, rendered in accordance with a jury verdict. She claims that a new trial must be ordered because the trial court improperly (1) excluded evidence of allegedly similar prior accidents, and (2) allowed the defendant to chal*214lenge peremptorily a prospective juror on the basis of gender. Because we conclude that the plaintiff must be awarded a new trial, we also consider the defendant’s claim that the trial court improperly failed to admit into evidence the…