CIVALE v. MERIDEN HOUSING AUTHORITY


150 Conn. 594 (1963)

JOSEPH CIVALE v. MERIDEN HOUSING AUTHORITY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Patrucco, with whom was Leonard J. Powers, for the appellant (plaintiff).

John E. McNerney, with whom, on the brief, was Francis J. Moran, for the appellee (defendant).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, SHEA and ALCORN, JS.


BALDWIN, C. J.

The plaintiff sued to recover damages for injuries he allegedly sustained when he fell from a stairway leading to the basement in his apartment in the defendant's housing development. The facts found by the trial court can be stated in summary as follows: The plaintiff, his wife and their three children occupied, as tenants under an oral lease from month to month, a four-room apartment in the housing development. The development consisted of a number...

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