Legal Opinion
Citerella v. United Illuminating Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 23, 1969PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J.
This is a negligence action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for electrical burns incurred when she alighted from her automobile on a public highway and came in contact with one of the defendant’s power lines which had fallen during a storm and had become attached to her ear. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed to this court.
In her complaint the plaintiff alleged that on September 12, 1960, at about 1 p.m. while operating her automobile on Silver Sands Boad in tbe town of East Haven, her ear was snagged by a fallen street light wire owned and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- City of Bridgeport v. Town of StratfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- State Ex Rel. Pac. T. T. Co. v. D.P.S.Washington Supreme Court · 1943
- State ex rel. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public ServiceWashington Supreme Court · 1943
- Sullivan v. Mountain States Power Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1932
- Southern New England Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Maffucci v. Royal Park Ltd. PartnershipSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Norwich Land Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Kron v. ThelenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Maciejewski v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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