Legal Opinion

Green v. YANKEE GAS CORP.

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided May 4, 2010No. AC 31129PublishedCited by 10 opinions

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

  1. Curry v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  2. In Re Jorden R.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2009
  3. Jackson v. HNS MANAGEMENT CO., INC.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2008

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cohen v. ROLL-A-COVER, LLCConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
  2. Kosiorek v. SmigelskiConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
  3. Horenian v. WashingtonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
  4. Estela v. Bristol Hospital, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2016
  5. Brown v. McCue Mortgage Co.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2012

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