Legal Opinion
Birgel v. Heintz
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 19, 1972PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShapiro, J.
On August 3, 1968, an automobile owned by the defendant Howard T. Heintz and operated by his son the defendant John T. Heintz left the traveled portion of the Merritt Parkway in the town of New Canaan and struck a concrete bridge abutment. A passenger in the vehicle, Carol Linda Birgel, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, then *25twenty years old, was severely injured. A suit in her behalf was instituted by her father Henry T. Birgel against the defendants for damages for her injuries. The father in his own behalf also sought to recover as damages the medical expenses which he had incurred…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Vogel v. SylvesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
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3Cited by102 opinions
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