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LAFLEUR v. FARMINGTON RIVER POWER CO.

187 Conn. 339 (1982)

PAUL A. LAFLEUR, SR., ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF PAUL A. LAFLEUR, JR.) v. THE FARMINGTON RIVER POWER COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released June 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Royster, Jr., with whom were Mark Seiger and, on the brief, John W. Lemega, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Bourke G. Spellacy, with whom, on the brief, were Charles Corcoran III and Emily G. H. Sullivan for the appellee (named defendant).

SPEZIALE, C. J., PETERS, HEALEY, PARSKEY and SHEA, Js.

SPEZIALE, C. J.

In this wrongful death action, the jury returned a general verdict for the defendant Farmington River Power Company. The plaintiff has appealed from the judgment rendered on the verdict, claiming various errors in the trial court's instructions to the jury.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: On July 8, 1974, Paul A. LaFleur, Jr., the plaintiff's decedent, was employed as a tree...

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