Legal Opinion
Peck v. Jacquemin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 23, 1985No. 12154PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
This case arises out of a two-car accident in Torrington on September 27, 1979, in which the plaintiff, Roger Peck, Jr., a passenger, was injured. In the ensuing negligence action instituted in 1981, Peck sued both drivers, Paul Jacquemin and Ira J. Roy. On December 27, 1982, he settled the case with Jacquemin, the driver in whose car he was a passenger, for $100,000. The remaining defendant Roy (hereinafter the defendant) alleged, by way of special defense, that he was entitled to a setoff in that amount if damages were assessed against him.1 In his reply to this special defense, the…
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