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BOWERS v. NEW YORK, N.H. & H.R. CO.

146 Conn. 437 (1959)

MILDRED BOWERS v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 26, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Levister, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Thomas J. O'Sullivan, with whom was George E. Gill, for the appellee (defendant).

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

MURPHY, J.

The plaintiff was injured on April 18, 1956, when she was thrown forward as the defendant's train, upon which she was a passenger, was brought to an abrupt, sudden stop as it approached the railroad station in Stamford. The trial court accepted the explanation advanced by the locomotive engineer as to the reason for the application of the brakes which caused the sudden stop. See Rosenthal v. New York, N.H. & H.R. Co., 88 Conn. 65, 68,...

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