Walker v. New Haven Hotel Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for personal injuries incurred through a fall in the lobby of the defendant’s hotel occasioned by the alleged negligent maintenance and use by the defendant of a rug upon the tiling of the lobby floor, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Haines, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Action for personal injuries incurred through a fall in the lobby of the defendant’s hotel occasioned by the alleged negligent maintenance and use by the defendant of a rug upon the tiling of the lobby floor, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Haines, J.; verdict and judgment for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed to have established these facts: For a period of years, which covered the time of the occurrences involved, the defendant has owned and maintained a hotel in New Haven known as the Hotel Taft. The street…
1Opinion of the CourtCase, J.
If given weight and effect quite within the jury’s right to accord it as sole judges of the facts, there was evidence which warranted the verdict, and the trial court properly refused to set it aside. The question of negligence, as the case was presented to them, was one for the jury to determine without interference from the court.
The rulings upon evidence disclose no error. Proof that the defendant was protected by insurance from pecuniary losses arising out of the conduct of its business, was wholly incompetent to establish any issue before the jury. The objection to such evidence in cases…
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