Legal Opinion

Wilson v. City of New Haven

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided December 26, 1989No. 13606PublishedCited by 229 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSantaniello, J.

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendants, the city of New Haven and the Yale University Elizabethan Club Corporation (Elizabethan Club), seeking damages for injuries sustained as a result of a fall on October 3,1981, caused by a raised, broken and uneven section of sidewalk located on College Street in New Haven. Count one was directed against the city for breach of a statutory duty. Count two alleged negligence against the Elizabethan Club, the abutting landowner.

The Elizabethan Club filed a motion for summary judgment asserting that there were no material issues of fact and…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Batick v. SeymourSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
  2. Strada v. Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  3. Dowling v. KielakSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
  4. Hanlon v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
  5. Perkins v. WeibelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945

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3Cited by229 opinions

  1. State v. DaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  2. Rivers v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
  3. Smith v. Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
  4. Provencher v. Town of EnfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
  5. Gambardella v. KaoudConnecticut Appellate Court · 1995

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