Legal Opinion
Connolly v. Hagi
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided February 28, 1963No. File 120413PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKlau, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries which the plaintiff, an employee of a gasoline station, alleges he suffered on May 29, 1959, while preparing to repair the rear backup lights of a 1958 Plymouth, manufactured by the defendant Chrysler Corporation, when the defendant Hagi, the owner and operator of the car, pushed the automatic push-button transmission for reverse drive, causing the car to jump backwards and to strike and pin the plaintiff under the vehicle.
The complaint is in two counts. The first count alleges negligence against both of the defendants, Hagi and the Chrysler…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Otto E. Pritchard v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- Borucki v. MacKenzie Brothers Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Hamon v. DiglianiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- General Motors Corporation v. DodsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1960
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Elmore v. American Motors Corp.California Supreme Court · 1969
- Susan Passwaters, by Donald Passwaters, Her Father and Next Friend, and Donald Passwaters v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Robert D. Putman v. Erie City Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- C. C. Sanderlin v. Old Dominion Stevedoring CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Mitchell v. MillerConnecticut Superior Court · 1965
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