Porpora v. City of New Haven

On September 14th, 1933, at about 6.45 a. m. daylight saving time, the plaintiff’s decedent, Pasquale Porpora, was driving a small truck from New Haven to East Haven and while crossing the Tomlin-son Bridge the truck plunged through the railing on the north side and fell into the water, and the plaintiff’s decedent was drowned. The plaintiff, as his administrator, brought an action to recover for his death, alleging among other things that the defendant had failed to erect and maintain a sufficient railing or fence so as to make the highway reasonably safe for travel. The case was tried to…