Legal Opinion

Opotzner v. Bass

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided May 29, 2001No. AC 19563PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LANDAU, J.

The plaintiffs, Richard Opotzner and Florence Opotzner,1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered following the denial of their motion to set aside the verdict. On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that the trial court improperly (1) instructed the jury, (2) excluded evidence and (3) failed to grant their motion to set aside the verdict. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On January 7, 1996, Richard Opotzner and the defendant Wayne Bass2 were each operating motor vehicles in a southerly direction on…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Stewart v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  2. Ford v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
  3. Cross v. HuttenlocherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
  4. Paige v. Saint Andrew's Roman Catholic Church Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  5. Thames River Recycling, Inc. v. GalloConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Arnone v. Town of EnfieldConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
  2. State v. JarrettConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
  3. Morant v. StateConnecticut Appellate Court · 2002
  4. Marchell v. WhelchelConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
  5. State v. RomanConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001

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