Smith v. Whittlesey
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries received in a collision on the highway, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence in driving his automobile, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Ooats, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $175, which the trial court trebled on motion of the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for personal injuries received in a collision on the highway, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence in driving his automobile, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Ooats, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $175, which the trial court trebled on motion of the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The complaint alleges the injury as follows: The defendant “carelessly and negligently drove against the vehicle of the plaintiff, and hurled the plaintiff against the wheel of said vehicle.” The third…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
In Parmalee v. Baldwin, 1 Conn. 313, 317, Chief Justice Swift, speaking for the court, said: “ In actions for torts, where the law necessarily implies that the plaintiff has sustained damage by the act complained of, it is not necessary to make an allegation of special damages in the declaration ; but where the law does not necessarily imply such damage, it is essential to the validity of the declaration that the resulting damages should be stated with particularity.” We have uniformly enforced this technical rule of pleading as well since as before the adoption of the Practice Act. When the…
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