Legal Opinion
Spoto v. Hayward Manufacturing Co.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 25, 1984No. 2365PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The plaintiff in this products liability action was rendered quadraplegic in a swimming pool accident. The defendant is the manufacturer and distributor of a component part of the pool known as a skimmer device. The gist of the plaintiff’s claim was that as he was running toward the shallow end of the pool to assist his young son who was having trouble in the water, he stepped into a hole in the deck of the pool created by the uncovered top of the skimmer device; that as a result he fell in a twisting motion into the pool, landing on the top of his head on the bottom of the pool; and that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. ToscanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
- State v. SchafferSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- Stephanofsky v. HillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- McKiernan v. Caldor, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Engelke v. WheatleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Darling v. Town of WaterfordConnecticut Appellate Court · 1986
- Zimny v. Cooper-Jarrett, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1986
- Main v. MainConnecticut Appellate Court · 1989
- State v. BridgesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Bombero v. MarchionneConnecticut Appellate Court · 1987
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