Marcio v. Helm's Express, Inc.

This action arose as a result of an intersection collision in the city of New Haven between a station wagon owned and operated by the plaintiff and a truck owned by the defendant Helm’s Express, Inc., and operated by the defendant Ralph W. Myers. The plaintiff charged that Myers’ negligent operation of the truck was the proximate cause of the collision. The defendants denied the various allegations of negligence and, by way of special defense, pleaded the plaintiff’s contributory negligence. From a verdict and judgment rendered in favor of the defendants, the plaintiff has appealed. He…