MADENFORD v. INTERSTATE LUMBER & MILL CORPORATION


153 Conn. 62 (1965)

MILDRED B. MADENFORD, EXECUTRIX (ESTATE OF STUART J. MADENFORD) v. THE INTERSTATE LUMBER AND MILL CORPORATION OF STAMFORD ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Macrides, with whom, on the brief, was Donald F. Zezima, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Gregory C. Willis, with whom was J. Steven Rollings, for the appellees (defendants).

KING, C. J., MURPHY, ALCORN, SHANNON and HOUSE, JS.


SHANNON, J.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff, as executrix of her husband's estate, instituted a wrongful death action. Her decedent was killed when his automobile crashed into the rear of the named defendant's truck and a piece of lumber protruding therefrom penetrated his skull. The truck was parked on the right-hand side of the road with its right wheels about two and one-half feet from the curb. Under §...

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