· 7/7/1964
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS CORPORATION v. American Ins. Co.
Citations
- 152 Conn. 31
- 202 A.2d 498
- 1964 Conn. LEXIS 321
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- parties' contractual relationship as contractor and subcontractor found not to support contractor's indemnity claim because contract did not provide for indemnification
- “the term ‘accident’ is to be construed in its ordinary meaning of an ‘unexpected happening’ ... the ‘accident’ was the event causing injury, not the cause of that event.”
- “the term ‘accident’ is to be construed in its ordinary meaning of an ‘unexpected happening’ ... the ‘accident’ was the event causing injury, not the cause of that event.”
- defining accident with its “ordinary meaning” as an “unexpected happening”
- an accident .is “an unexpected happening”
- an accident is “an unexpected happening”
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Judges: King, Murphy, Alcorn, Comley, House
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