Legal Opinion

Budaj v. Connecticut Co.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided November 7, 1928PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.

The defendant appeals from the denial of its motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. The plaintiff was struck by the defendant’s trolley car as he was about to enter an automobile which was standing from three to five feet from the rails of the trolley tracks. The plaintiff had crossed from the opposite side of the street and passed around the rear end of the automobile for the purpose of entering it on the side which was nearest the trolley tracks. The trolley ear which struck him had stopped at a station which was about twenty-five feet back of the standing automobile and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Richard v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
  2. Smart v. BissonetteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
  3. Gianotta v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Bordonaro v. SenkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
  2. State v. HammondSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
  3. State v. AvcollieSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  4. Greenwich Contracting Co. v. Bonwit Construction Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
  5. State v. ShermanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1995

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