Hurley v. Connecticut Co.

The plaintiff was struck by the defendant’s trolley car on the evening of January 6th, 1932, about eleven-thirty, near the intersection of Portsea and Christopher Streets in the city of New Haven. He alleged that he was proceeding from the railroad station to his home, walking westerly on the north sidewalk of Portsea Street until he reach Christopher Street, which intersects Portsea Street from the north but does not cross it; that there was a heavy fog; that it was raining very hard and a strong wind was blowing from the south; that he decided to turn south on the crosswalk across Portsea…