Lane v. United Electric Light & Water Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Reed, J.; verdict for the plaintiff for $1,750, which the trial court refused, upon motion of the plaintiff, to set aside as inadequate, and from this refusal the plaintiff appealed, alleging, also, a misdirection in the charge respecting the subject of damages.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The only evidence touching the matter of damages was that the plaintiff’s intestate was instantly killed by an electric current; that he was thirty-three years of age at the time of his death and in good health; that the expectation of life of a man of his age, according to the mortality tables, was thirty-three years; and that he was a patrolman in the police department of the city of Waterbury then receiving $2.25 a day, and by the rules of the department entitled to receive $3 a day after eighteen months’ further service.
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kling v. TorelloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
- Broughel v. Southern New England Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
- Johnson v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
3Cited by22 opinions
- Katsetos v. NolanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- Chase v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Waldron v. RaccioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Feldman v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
- McKirdy v. CascioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
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