Coolbaugh v. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

The plaintiff, Kathryn Coolbaugh, brought this action to recover damages from the defendant, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church of Bridgeport, a Connecticut corporation, for injuries resulting from a fall which she suffered while on the defendant’s property and which she alleges was caused by the defendant’s corporate negligence. The defendant denied these allegations and, in a special defense, averred that it was a charitable corporation, without capital stock, whose members derive no financial benefit from its operation. The plaintiff replied, in effect, that at the time of her injury she…