Legal Opinion
Dixon v. Stamford Taxi, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 9, 1987No. Civ. A. No. B-84-538 (RCZ)Published
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT OR FOR A NEW TRIAL
ZAMPANO, Senior District Judge.
On December 2, 1983, Edith Dixon, a fifty-three year old black woman and nurse’s aide, called the Stamford Taxi Company and requested that a cab drive her to her place of employment. Jean Paul Friker, the operator of the taxi, picked Mrs. Dixon up at approximately 9:30 P.M. during the height of a severe snow and ice storm. At the time, five to six inches of snow and ice had accumulated on most of the streets in Stamford, Connecticut.
As Mr. Friker proceeded around a curve and…
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- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Mattivi v. South African Marine Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Victor Bevevino v. M. S. SaydjariCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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