Legal Opinion
Scoville v. Town of West Hartford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 20, 1944PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries which she sustained as the result of a fall on a public sidewalk maintained by the defendant town. Judgment was for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed.
The following facts were found by the trial court and are not subject to material correction. The plaintiff slipped and fell on a small patch of ice, about eighteen inches in length and twelve inches in width, which had formed in and had completely filled a shallow depression in the walk about three-eighths of an inch in depth. The depression had existed for several months…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Beckwith v. Town of StratfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Bartram v. Town of SharonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Frechette v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Aaronson v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1920
- Carl v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Baker v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Murray v. City of MilfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Murray v. City Of MilfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Ormsby v. FrankelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
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