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SHEELER v. WATERBURY

138 Conn. 111 (1951)

ELSIE SHEELER v. CITY OF WATERBURY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 10, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Crocicchia, corporation counsel, and Philip N. Bernstein, assistant corporation counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Thomas F. Minuto, for the appellant (defendant).

Raymond J. Quinn, Jr., with whom was James J. Shea, for the appellee (plaintiff).

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, JS.

O'SULLIVAN, J.

The plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by a fall upon a sidewalk in the defendant city. She relied on two causes of action. The jury returned a general verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant's appeal is from the denial of its motion to set the verdict aside and from the judgment. It is necessary to consider only the latter phase of the appeal.

The plaintiff claimed to...

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