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BUTLER v. STECK

146 Conn. 114 (1959)

WILLIAM BUTLER, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF PIERRE F. BALCH) v. JAMES STECK, SR., ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Aspell, with whom was George Muir, for the appellants (defendants Steck).

Maurice Gersten, with whom were Harry Cooper and, on the brief, William Butler, for the appellee (plaintiff).

DALY, C. J., BALDWIN, KING, MURPHY and MELLITZ, JS.

BALDWIN, J.

The plaintiff's decedent received fatal injuries on May 2, 1957, when a motorcycle he was riding collided with the automobile of the named defendant, which was being driven by his son, the defendant James Steck, Jr. The present action under the wrongful death statute was tried to a jury. The jury returned a verdict for $6595.40 against the defendants Steck. The trial court, on the plaintiff's motion, set this verdict aside as inadequate. The defendants...

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