[DOWNLOAD] "Waldron v. Raccio" by Supreme Court of Connecticut ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Waldron v. Raccio
Author : Supreme Court of Connecticut
Release Date : January 09, 1974
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 58 KB

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This action arose out of a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian in the town of Hamden. The vehicle was owned by the defendant Howard Paving Company and was operated by its employee, the defendant Howard M. Raccio. The pedestrian, David F. Waldron, was killed instantly, and this wrongful death action was brought by the plaintiff, the administrator of his estate. The complaint charged the defendant Raccio with several specifications of negligence. Relevant to this appeal are the claims of negligence in driving at an unreasonable speed and in operating with an obstructed windshield. The jury returned a verdict of $75,000 for the plaintiff. The trial court refused to set aside the verdict, and rendered a judgment from which the defendants have appealed to this court. The defendants have assigned error in the court's charge to the jury, in its rulings on evidence, and in its denial of their motion to set aside the verdict as excessive. Other assignments of error have not [166 Conn. 610]