Legal Opinion
Chykirda v. Yanush
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 7, 1945PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDickenson, J.
The plaintiff had a verdict of $72 for assault and battery and the jury, in answer to an interrogatory, stated that this included punitive damages. The plaintiff has appealed, assigning error in the overruling of a demurrer to part of the answer, in the denial of a motion to strike this part from the answer, in denying the plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict, in the charge, in submitting the interrogatory to the jury and in denying the plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict.
The defendant alleged alienation of his wife’s affections by the plaintiff as just provocation for the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hanna v. SweeneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Amellin v. LeoneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Sandora v. Times Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Lombardi v. LaudatiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Bennett v. GibbonsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1887
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Northwestern National Casualty Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin v. Edward A. McNulty and Walter Scott SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Berry v. LoiseauSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- Larsen Chelsey Realty Co. v. LarsenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Vandersluis v. WeilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Gionfriddo v. Avis Rent A Car System, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
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