Legal Opinion
D'AMATO v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 9, 1953PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtInglis, J.
In this action Alfred D’Amato sought to recover for personal injuries sustained in a collision between an automobile driven by him and a trailer truck owned by the defendant J. A. Garvey Transportation, Inc., and operated by the defendant Johnston. The collision occurred on route 1 in the town of Orange on March 21,1950. The other plaintiff, Rachel Riccio, was the owner of the car driven by D’Amato and she sued for property damage to it. The answer denied the allegations of negligence and alleged contributory negligence, one specification of which was that D’Amato was driving while under the…
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3Cited by82 opinions
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