Legal Opinion
Monterose v. Cross
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided November 14, 2000No. AC 19185PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MIHALAKOS, J.
The plaintiff, Thomas Monterose, appeals from the judgment rendered, following a jury trial, in favor of the defendant, Paul Cross, in this action sounding in negligence. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly (1) refused to charge the jury on the standard of care applicable to the defendant in his work as a rigger, (2) failed to charge the jury regarding the testimony of expert witnesses as to the standard of care applicable to riggers and (3) charged the jury as to comparative negligence. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.
The jury…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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