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BARRETTA v. ELEVATOR CO.

(SC 15516)

242 Conn. 169 (1997)

ANNETTE BARRETTA v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released July 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly S. Knapp, with whom was L. Douglas Shrader, for the appellant (named defendant).

Bernadette M. Keyes, with whom was Thomas F. Keyes, Jr., for the appellee (substitute plaintiff).

Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Palmer and Peters, Js.

Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether, under the facts of this case, the plaintiff,

Annette Barretta, was entitled to a jury instruction on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in her negligence action against the named defendant, Otis Elevator Company.1 The trial court declined the plaintiff's request to charge on that doctrine, and the Appellate...

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