Kotler v. Lalley

Haines,*J.

The plaintiff’s case was based upon the claim that the decedent Mary Maxwell while crossing Clinton Avenue, Bridgeport, on foot, in the evening of December 28th, 1928, was struck by an automobile driven in a careless, reckless and negligent manner by the defendant, dragging her a considerable distance before the body fell to the roadway and thereafter failing to slacken his pace or stop. It was alleged that the defendant was negligent in that the car was operated at an unreasonable and unnecessary speed having regard to the width, use and condition of travel upon the highway; that…