Neumann v. Apter
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Actions to recover damages for personal injuries to the respective plaintiffs, husband and wife, and for damages for injuries to the husband’s automobile, which were alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the operation of his automobile, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the jury before Burpee, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff husband for $812, and for the plaintiff wife for $2,000, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The defendant’s first complaint is of the refusal of the trial court to grant his motion in each case to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. Under the conflicting evidence the jury could reasonably have rendered the verdict given in each case.
The defendant claims, further, that the court erred as to each case in its charge relating to the duty of the plaintiff to observe the following statutory rule of conduct (Public Acts of 1919, Chapter 202, § 2), in view of the facts which the plaintiffs claimed to have proved: ‘ ‘ Every driver and operator of a vehicle approaching the…
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