Legal Opinion
Egan v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 6, 1944PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover for injuries she suffered when, after dark on December 6, 1940, in New Haven, she slipped on an icy place in the street and fell as she was proceeding from the sidewalk to the front door of a waiting trolley ear of the defendant to board it. Prom a judgment in the defendant’s favor she has appealed. The plaintiff had been waiting beside a pole painted white to indicate a trolley stop. As the car approached, she signalled it. The motorman could have stopped the car at the pole, but, for some reason which does not appear, it ran about twenty feet…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lambert v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Donovan v. Hartford Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- St. John v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Sacks v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Bowes v. New England Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wenninger v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1964
- Winninger v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1964