Legal Opinion
Yavis v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 14, 1950PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtInglis, J.
The complaint in this action charges slander in two counts. The plaintiff had a verdict for $4500 on the first count and $6500 on the second. The defendant appeals from the denial of her motion to set the verdict aside and also from the judgment on the grounds of claimed errors in rulings on evidence, in allowing an amendment of the complaint, in the charge and in permitting certain papers attached to the writ and complaint to go to the jury.
The slander stated in the first count as amended was that during the summer of 1941 the defendant spoke in the hearing of sundry persons concerning the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Ezzo v. GeremiahSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Proto v. Bridgeport Herald CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
- Hassett v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Chykirda v. YanushSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
- Craney v. DonovanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Secondino v. New Haven Gas Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Vandersluis v. WeilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- McLaughlin Ford, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Collens v. New Canaan Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Moriarty v. LippeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
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