Rozycki v. Yantic Grain & Products Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and automobile of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in New London County, Waller, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $726, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover damages for injuries to the person and automobile of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in New London County, Waller, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $726, and appeal by the defendant. The trial court found that on October 23d, 1922, at about quarter past six in the afternoon, a driver employed by defendant was operating an auto truck belonging to it southerly on the road leading from Norwich Town to Norwich, and that owing to the breaking of the pump shaft he…
1Opinion of the CourtKeeler, J.
In attacking the conclusion arrived at by the trial court, defendant urges that the plaintiff was bound to exercise due care, which due care must be inferred from relevant facts, and specifically, that due care is not shown if one drives his car at such a rate of speed that he cannot bring it to a standstill within the distance in which he can easily see objects or obstructions ahead of him, and that this rule applies when, on account of a blinding storm, the driver can see but a short distance ahead of his machine.
The claim of defendant is that it appears from the facts found that the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Farrell v. Waterbury Horse R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Duffee v. MansfieldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Seabridge v. PoliSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
- Russell v. VergasonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- Baldwin v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
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