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NEWTON v. NIMMONS

139 Conn. 223 (1952)

SARAH W. NEWTON ET AL. v. JOHN S. NIMMONS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 4, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Pomeranz, with whom was William P. Aspell, for the appellants-appellees (plaintiffs).

Philip R. Shiff, with whom, on the brief, was Martin E. Gormley, for the appellant (defendant Higgins).

J. Read Murphy, with whom were Harry Cooper and, on the brief, Cyril Coleman and William S. Zeman, for the appellee (named defendant).

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

JENNINGS, J.

This was a two-car accident at an intersection. The car in which the plaintiffs were riding as passengers was struck by the car driven by the defendant Nimmons. They sued their driver, Higgins, and Nimmons. Judgment was for the plaintiffs against Higgins and in favor of Nimmons. The plaintiffs claim that both drivers were liable. Higgins claims that Nimmons was solely responsible. The parties are at odds about details but there is no dispute as to the...

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