Trautman v. City of Stamford

The plaintiff’s complaint alleges that he was seriously injured after being struck by an automobile while standing on a public sidewalk in the city of Stamford. He alleges that the injuries and damages sustained by him were the result of the negligence of the defendants Joseph Coviello and Henry Crawford, two patrolmen employed by the city of. Stamford, in that they allowed automobile drag racing to occur in their presence for a substantial period of time on the street adjacent to the sidewalk on which plaintiff stood when they knew or should have known, in the exercise of due care, that such…