Legal Opinion
Prato v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided September 1, 1998No. SC 15906PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MCDONALD, J.
In this appeal, the sole issue is whether the defendant, the city of New Haven, had notice of a highway defect that injured the plaintiff, Christopher Prato, and, consequently, could be held liable to the plaintiff under General Statutes § 13a-149.1 After a trial to the court, the trial court rendered judgment for the defendant, on the basis that the plaintiff did not prove that the defendant had notice of the highway defect that resulted in the plaintiffs injury. We must decide whether evidence of prior bonfires at a certain intersection for several consecutive years gave…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- White v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Jaworski v. KiernanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Hall v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Lukas v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Aaronson v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Ormsby v. FrankelConnecticut Appellate Court · 1999
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