Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Chenault
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 17, 2013No. AC 34969PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRUENDEL, J.
The plaintiff, Santia Bennett, appeals from the judgment rendered after a jury verdict for the defendant, Deborah Chenault, following a trial on the plaintiffs negligence claim based on premises liability. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court erred in denying her motion for a new trial and her motion to set aside the verdict. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The plaintiff was a tenant at the property owned and controlled by the defendant. When the plaintiff *200was leaving the aforementioned property…
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