Legal Opinion
Panaroni v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 1, 1969PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, J.
The plaintiff brought this aetion to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall down an unenclosed outside stairway which the plaintiff, a tenant, alleged had been retained in control of the defendants, her landlords. The jury returned a verdict of $65,000, and the defendants have appealed from the denial of their motion to set aside the verdict and from the judgment.
Essentially, the defendants claim that the stairway leading solely to the tenement of the plaintiff was wholly demised under the written lease and therefore was under her control so that liability under the…
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