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Ferreira v. Pringle

Citations

  • 255 Conn. 330
  • 766 A.2d 400
  • 2001 Conn. LEXIS 30

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • whether person of ordinary intelligence would compre- hend meaning of words in statute is fundamental inquiry
  • state liability applied to defect embedded within shoulder of road seven feet from paved area within state’s right-of-way line
  • “statements in withdrawn . . . pleadings . . . may be considered as evidential admissions by the party making them” [emphasis omitted; internal quotation marks omitted]
  • ‘‘[t]he term ‘defect’ and the adjective ‘defective’ have been used in statutes defining the right to recover damages for injuries due to public roads or bridges in Connecticut since 1672’’
  • “[w]hether the place of injury is within the . . . right-of-way Une is the threshold inquiry in determining whether the condition complained of falls under § 13a-149” [internal quotation marks omitted]

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Judges: Katz

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