Legal Opinion

Wachtel v. Rosol

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 16, 1970PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAlcorn, C. J.

The only issue on this appeal is the correctness of the trial court’s action in sustaining a demurrer to the second count of the plaintiff’s complaint.

The plaintiff, alleging that he had been made violently ill by eating an egg salad sandwich which was contaminated by salmonella bacteria and which, he had purchased and eaten in the defendant’s restaurant, sought damages in a complaint containing two counts. The first count sounds in breach of implied warranty of merchantability. In the second count, which is entitled “Strict Liability”, the plaintiff alleges that, at about noon on a specified…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Rossignol v. Danbury School of Aeronautics, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
  2. Hamon v. DiglianiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
  3. Garthwait v. BurgioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
  4. Folwell v. HowellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
  5. Wexler Construction Co. v. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. West v. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1976
  2. Faulkner v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
  3. Potter v. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
  4. Giglio v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  5. Quadrini v. Sikorsky Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1977

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