Legal Opinion
Wrinn v. State
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 16, 1994No. 12415PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLandau, J.
In this negligence action, the plaintiff, Eugene Wrinn, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury verdict, for the defendant state of Connecticut.1 The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly (1) denied the plaintiffs motion to set aside the verdict, (2) refused to charge the jury on the applicability of General Statutes § 14-240,2 and (3) excluded questions at voir dire concerning prospective jurors’ affiliations with insurance companies.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On May 20, 1986, the plaintiff had been driving south on the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dolson v. AnastasiaSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
- Catz v. RubensteinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Logan v. Greenwich Hospital Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Coburn v. Lenox Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- State v. PollittSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Wrinn v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Horn v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Wrinn v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Aviles v. Fevrer, No. 354853 (Mar. 13, 1997)Connecticut Superior Court · 1997
- Chasse v. Mitchell, No. 552460 (Aug. 1, 2002)Connecticut Superior Court · 2002
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