Green v. YANKEE GAS CORP.
Connecticut Appellate Court
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLYNN, C. J.
The general verdict rule provides that if a jury returns a general verdict for one party, absent juiy interrogatories, an appellate court will presume that the juiy found every issue in favor of the prevailing party. Curry v. Burns, 225 Conn. 782, 786, 626 A.2d 719 (1993). The logic underlying the rule is that “[wjhere there was an error free path available to the juiy to reach its verdict, and no special interrogatories were submitted showing which road the jury went down, any judgment rendered on such a verdict must be affirmed. ” Jackson v. H.N.S. Management Co., 109…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Curry v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- In Re Jorden R.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
- Jackson v. HNS MANAGEMENT CO., INC.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2008
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