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DERBY v. CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO.

167 Conn. 136 (1974)

KAREN DERBY v. THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Torrance, Jr., with whom was Anthony M. Fitzgerald, for the appellant (defendant).

William B. Hennessy, for the appellee (plaintiff).

SHAPIRO, LOISELLE, MACDONALD, LONGO and SPEZIALE, JS.

SHAPIRO, J.

This action was brought to the Superior Court on behalf of Karen Derby, a minor, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, by her father to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained when she fell from an apple tree located on the property of the defendant, the Connecticut Light and Power Company. The amended complaint alleges that while climbing the tree on August 22, 1967, the plaintiff, then seven years old, stepped on a rotten or dead...

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