Legal Opinion
Nicefaro v. City of New Haven
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 25, 2009No. AC 29851PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRUENDEL, J.
The defendant, the city of New Haven, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Julia Nicefaro, in this trip and fall action. The defendant challenges as clearly erroneous the court’s findings that (1) the defendant had constructive notice of the defect at issue and (2) the plaintiff was not contributorily negligent. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
On March 1,2004, at approximately 11 a.m., the plaintiff was walking on the easterly side of Orange Street in New Haven when she tripped on a metal grate, causing her to fall to…
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