VACHON v. IVES


150 Conn. 452 (1963)

DONALD J. VACHON ET AL. v. HOWARD S. IVES, HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent Villano, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Francis A. Smith, Jr., with whom were William B. Rush and, on the brief, J. Kenneth Bradley, for the appellee (defendant).

KING, MURPHY, SHEA, ALCORN and COVELLO, JS.


MURPHY, J.

An automobile operated by the named plaintiff skidded on ice on the highway and crashed into a telephone pole alongside the road. The plaintiff was injured, and the car owned by the coplaintiff was crumpled and badly damaged. The plaintiffs brought suit to recover for the personal injuries sustained and the damage to the car, alleging that the defendant, the highway commissioner, had failed in his duty of maintaining the highway in a reasonably safe condition...

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