Legal Opinion

Schweiger v. Amica Mutual Insurance

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided October 7, 2008No. AC 28644PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BEACH, J.

The plaintiff, Jo Anne C. Schweiger, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered after it granted a motion for a directed verdict filed by the defendant, Arnica Mutual Insurance Company, pursuant to Practice Book § 16-37. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly concluded that she failed to present sufficient evidence to remove the issues of negligence and proximate cause from the realm of conjecture, speculation or surmise so as to survive the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict for failure to establish a prima facie case. We affirm the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Boehm v. KishSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  2. Sharkey v. SkiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
  3. Palmieri v. MacEroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
  4. Paige v. Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Church Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  5. Terminal Taxi Co. v. FlynnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  4. Chirieleison v. LucasConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
  5. DeCastro v. Odetah Camping Resort, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2017

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