Legal Opinion
Briganti v. Connecticut Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 20, 1934PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHaines, J.
There is no important dispute as to the facts of this case. The plaintiff on July 18th, 1933, entered the defendant’s trolley car as a passenger while it was standing near the railroad station in Norwalk, and took a seat at the rear of the car on the right side. The car had been put into service on other runs from about a quarter before six that morning and the plaintiff entered it about eleven o’clock. The day was warm and the window by the seat taken by the plaintiff was open, the lower end of the sash being raised from the sill approximately eighteen inches. The plaintiff rested his hand…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Firszt v. Capitol Park Realty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Jump v. Ensign-Bickford Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Murray v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Saunders v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
- Stebel v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Schurgast v. SchumannSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- Toomey v. DanaherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Chasse v. AlbertSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Giles v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. BunceWyoming Supreme Court · 1936
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