Legal Opinion
Visoky v. Lavoie
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 24, 2001No. AC 20679PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’CONNELL, J.
The defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered after it set aside the jury’s verdict in his favor and ordered a new trial. The defendant claims that the court improperly (1) substituted its own opinion for that of the jury and (2) considered postverdict ex parte jury comments. We reverse the judgment of the trial court and direct that the court on remand reinstate the jury verdict in favor of the defendant.
The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The defendant was operating a minivan at a slow rate of speed on Marshall Phelps Road in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Trzcinski v. RicheySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Opotzner v. BassConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Card v. StateConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- Preisner v. IllmanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1983
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