Legal Opinion
Hornyak v. Town of Fairfield
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 5, 1949PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The basic question may be stated as follows: Is a town liable for damages for injuries suffered as a result of a fall on a defective sidewalk which was within the boundaries of a state highway? The trial court answered this question in the affirmative and the town has appealed.
The finding cannot be corrected in any respect material to the appeal. The northerly terminus of Reef Road in Fairfield is the Boston Post Road, a heavily traveled state trunk-line highway. Prior to 1930 a public concrete sidewalk had been constructed along the north and east sides of a building at the southwest corner…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Beardsley v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1883
- Manchester v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
- Moleske v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Griffith v. Town of BerlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- DeCapua v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
3Cited by26 opinions
- Ferreira v. PringleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Rivers v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Hillier v. City of East HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Novicki v. City of New HavenConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Hay v. HillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
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