Legal Opinion
Bergner v. State
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 25, 1957PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwisr, J.
The complaint in this action alleges that the plaintiff’s decedent, while walking along a corridor in a building of the Norwich State Hospital on February 14, 1954, fell because of a slippery floor and sustained injuries which resulted in her death. It charges the defendant state of Connecticut,, which maintained the hospital, and its servants and agents, with negligence and with creating and maintaining a nuisance. Consent to the bringing of this, action against the state was given by a special act. of the (leneral Assembly at its 1955 regular session.. 27 Spec. Laws 277, No. 346. The…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Kawananakoa v. PolyblankSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- The Western MaidSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Ex parte United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Hoffman v. City of BristolSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
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3Cited by70 opinions
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