Legal Opinion
Peterson v. Meehan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 17, 1933PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHaines, J.
The appeal is based upon claimed errors in denying the motion to set aside the verdict, in finding certain facts without evidence, and in failing to charge as requested.
The plaintiff claimed that shortly after five o’clock on the morning of New Year’s Day 1932, his decedent, on his way to work in New Britain, was walking westerly on the southerly shoulder of Robbins Avenue when he was overtaken and struck by an automobile driven by the defendant Meehan, Jr., and owned by the defendant John F. Meehan, and so badly injured that he died the following morning, and that the injury and death was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. GarganoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Hizam v. BlackmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Welz v. ManzilloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Petrie v. E. A. Myers Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Matulis v. GansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. HayesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1941
- Robinson v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Kinderavich v. PalmerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- Healy, Admr. v. MooreSupreme Court of Vermont · 1936
- Baker v. ParadisoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
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