Tetreault v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven.County and tried to the jury before George W. Wheeler, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,800 against the Smedley Company, from which that defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The plaintiff was a passenger on an open car of the defendant railway company. On account of the car being crowded he was obliged to stand on the right-hand or outside running-board, and assumed a position near the front end, with his right foot on the running-board about one foot from the end, and with his left foot upon the platform between the front dashboard and the first seat back of the motorman. While standing in this position a furniture truck collided with the car in such a manner that the rear hub of the wheel of the truck came in contact with the plaintiff’s right foot causing the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. HoganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Hart v. KnappSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
- Throckmorton v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
3Cited by8 opinions
- Tough v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Matulis v. GansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Verdi v. DonahueSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
- State v. SegarSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
- Central National Bank v. StoddardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
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