Legal Opinion
Laube v. Stevenson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 30, 1951PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The plaintiff brought this action against her daughter and the latter’s husband to recover for personal injuries sustained by a fall on a cellar stairway in the defendants’ home, alleged to have been due to their negligence. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff against both defendants and they have appealed.
This summary of the court’s finding as modified by us is sufficient to present the questions determinative of the appeal: The defendants owned a one-family house in Naugatuck where they lived with their infant child. A stairway led from the kitchen to the cellar. On January 27, 1949,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Comeau v. ComeauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Massa v. NastriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
- Greenfield v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
- Dickerson v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
- Ward v. AverySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Alexander v. General Accident Fire & L. Assur. Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Dougherty v. GrahamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Pfau v. Trent Aluminum Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
- Hennessey v. HennesseySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Wilson v. BogertIdaho Supreme Court · 1959
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