Flint v. Connecticut Hassam Paving Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Reed, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,500, and appeal', by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtShumway, J.
The claimed error of the court in the charge to the jury is contained in the following paragraph taken from the charge, where the court was dealing with the question of damages: “In arriving at the amount of your verdict you should make no deductions on any theory that she [the plaintiff] might have been cured earlier by different treatment. For, if you find that she, in good faith, employed such medical aid as she thought suitable and endeavored to cure herself, it makes no difference whether she used the best methods in such endeavor to cure herself or not. She should not suffer anything or…
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