JOHNSON v. ROCKAWAY BUS CORPORATION


145 Conn. 204 (1958)

WILLIAM JOHNSON, ADMINISTRATOR C.T.A. (ESTATE OF CARL JOHANSON) v. ROCKAWAY BUS CORPORATION ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Holleran, with whom, on the brief, was David E. FitzGerald, Jr., for the appellant (defendant Newell).

David Goldstein and Robert J. Harris, for the appellee (plaintiff).

WYNNE, C. J., BALDWIN, DALY, KING and MURPHY, Js.


KING, J.

The plaintiff's decedent, Carl Johanson, while crossing Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport on foot, was struck by the front end of a bus owned by the named defendant and then being operated by its authorized agent, the defendant Wallace, easterly along Fairfield Avenue. That avenue, except within intersections, is divided by a center esplanade. Courtland Avenue intersects Fairfield Avenue from the south but does not...

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