TOUGH v. IVES


162 Conn. 274 (1972)

PATRICIA A. TOUGH ET AL. v. HOWARD S. IVES, HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Trowbridge and Paige J. Everin, assistant attorney general, with whom were James T. Healey, and, on the brief, Robert K. Killian, attorney general, and Jack Rubin, assistant attorney general, for the appellant-appellee (defendant).

Charles G. Albom and Richard S. Levin, with whom, on the brief, was Theodore I. Koskoff, for the appellee-appellant (named plaintiff).

HOUSE, C. J., THIM, SHAPIRO, LOISELLE and O'SULLIVAN, Js.


LOISELLE, J.

The plaintiff, Patricia Tough, brought this action in two counts to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been due to the breach of a statutory duty of the defendant state highway commissioner. The following is a brief, procedural history of the action. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the first count prior to trial. A so-called second complaint, filed by the plaintiff's father, was withdrawn...

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