Legal Opinion
Floyd v. Fruit Industries, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 3, 1957PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
This was an action claiming damages for the instantaneous death of the plaintiff’s decedent. He was killed while he was a passenger in a motor car owned and operated by the defendant Earl S. Ruseoe which collided with a tractor-trailer truck owned by the defendant Fruit Industries, Inc., and operated by the defendant Sidney L. Masters. Since Masters’ agency was admitted in the pleadings, it is unnecessary further to consider, in this opinion, the defendant owner of the truck. The collision occurred in the town of Darien in or near an intersection of the westbound lane of the Boston Post Road,…
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