Legal Opinion
DeMatteo v. City of New Haven
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 19, 2005No. AC 25543PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BISHOP, J.
The defendant city of New Haven 1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered after the jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Michael DeMatteo. The plaintiff brought an action pursuant to General Statutes § 13a-149, the municipal defective highway statute. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly failed to set aside the verdict. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts and procedural history are relevant to the resolution of the defendant’s appeal. On February 5, 1998, the plaintiff, a letter earner with the United States…
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