Legal Opinion
Carney v. Dewees
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 13, 1949PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
In each of these six cases, which were tried together, there was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and it is agreed that the decision upon the appeal in the Carney case shall be determinative of each of the other five appeals. The cases arose out of an accident in which the two plaintiffs’ intestates and the four other plaintiffs, as they rode in the body of a dump truck owned by Valentino, were thrown out and injured, the two mortally. The accident took place when the truck, after its driver had repeatedly overtaken and attempted to pass the defendants’ sedan, the driver of which…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Dean v. HershowitzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
- Roden v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Ziman v. WhitleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- McGann v. AllenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Brown v. ThayerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Connecticut National Bank v. GiacomiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- DeCarufel v. Colonial Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Slicer v. QuigleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Nelson v. NasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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