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BERGNER v. STATE

144 Conn. 282 (1957)

ALFRED C. BERGNER, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF HELEN L. BERGNER) v. STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 25, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Zeman, with whom was Morgan M. Kline, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Thomas J. Conroy, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were John J. Bracken, attorney general, and Raymond J. Cannon, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.

BALDWIN, J.

The complaint in this action alleges that the plaintiff's decedent, while walking along a corridor in a building of the Norwich State Hospital on February 14, 1954, fell because of a slippery floor and sustained injuries which resulted in her death. It charges the defendant state of Connecticut, which maintained the hospital, and its servants and agents, with negligence and with creating and maintaining a nuisance. Consent to the bringing of this action...

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