Legal Opinion

Bhinder v. Sun Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided August 11, 1998No. SC 15820PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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NORCOTT, J.

The plaintiff, Autar Singh Bhinder, the administrator of the estate of the decedent, Baljit Singh Bhinder, brought this wrongful death action against the defendant, Sun Company, Inc., alleging, inter aha, that the defendant had failed to provide adequate security to protect its employee, the decedent, from foreseeable harm from criminal assault by a third party. The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a defendant in a negligence action may cite in a criminal assailant as an apportionment defendant. The trial court granted the plaintiffs motion to strike the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
  2. Peter-Michael, Inc. v. Sea Shell AssociatesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
  3. Williams Ford, Inc. v. Hartford Courant Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  4. Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  5. Dubay v. IrishSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Whitehead v. Food Max of Mississippi, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  2. Miner v. Town of CheshireDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2000
  3. Slack v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2000
  4. Lostritto v. Community Action Agency of New Haven, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  5. Eskin v. CastigliaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2000

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