Legal Opinion
D'Arcy v. Shugrue
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 20, 1985No. 2516PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The plaintiff is the administratrix of the estates of her husband, Roy T. D’Arcy, and her daughter, Sarah E. D’Arcy. They died when their motor vehicle was struck on Interstate Highway 84 by another motor vehicle, operated by Chester Milton, who had lost control of his vehicle, crossed over the grassy median divider and collided with the D’Arcy vehicle.
The case involves the question of whether the failure of the defendant, the commissioner of transportation, to erect a metal beam divider at that point in the highway could rationally be found to be the sole proximate cause of the deaths of the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- State v. ZayasSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
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3Cited by34 opinions
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