Ferguson v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Simpson, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. Error and new trial ordered.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on November 27th, 1912, while the plaintiff, a passenger, was in the act of alighting from a street-car of the defendant company. The complaint alleged that while the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care, and when the car in which she was riding was near Crown Street on Church Street in the city of New Haven, she signaled the conductor on the car to stop it, and after having given such signal, and after the car had stopped, and as she was leaving the car and in the act of alighting and stepping from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Murray v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Thorson v. Groton & Stonington Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Warner v. BeebeMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
- Whitacre v. CulverSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1863
3Cited by5 opinions
- Firszt v. Capitol Park Realty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- St. John v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Hickey v. Town of NewtownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
- Yu v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Anthony v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1914