Legal Opinion
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Jacob Ruppert, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 7, 1949PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The plaintiff was the insurer against public liability of Michael J. and Margaret E. Shea, owners of a building in Waterbury who occupied the ground floor with cellar beneath as a restaurant and bar. In delivering beer there, the defendant’s employees opened and negligently left unguarded a trap door in the adjoining public sidewalk, and Thomas Moriarty fell into it and was injured. He sued the Sheas and the Ruppert company and recovered judgment by consent against them jointly for $9000. The present plaintiff paid one-half of the judgment and brought this action against the Ruppert company…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dunn v. . Uvalde Asphalt Paving Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- George's Radio, Inc. v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Preferred Accident Insurance v. Musante, Berman & Steinberg Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- Phœnix Bridge Co. v. CreemAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Stulginski v. CizauskasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. Yale New Haven HospitalDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1990
- Kaplan v. Merberg Wrecking CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- Gillis v. GillisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Brockett v. JensenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- Beaudoin v. Town Oil Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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