Legal Opinion
Duffy v. Carroll
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 27, 1950PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The six-year-old plaintiff brought this action by his father as next friend to recover for personal injuries sustained in crossing the street when he was struck by the defendant’s automobile, which, it is alleged, was being negligently operated. The jury rendered a verdict of $2500 for the plaintiff and the defendant has appealed, assigning error in the denial of his motion to set aside the verdict and in the court’s allowance of certain questions by the plaintiff upon the voir dire.
The jury could have found these facts: Iranistan Avenue is a main thoroughfare in Bridgeport which runs in a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- People v. . ConklinNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Carpenter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- State v. McGeeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- State v. CrossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. FritzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. HiggsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Lamb v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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