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· 2/17/1959

Virelli v. Benhattie, Inc.

Citations

  • 146 Conn. 203
  • 148 A.2d 760
  • 1959 Conn. LEXIS 146

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  • explaining that superseding cause and sole proximate cause are indistin- guishable concepts
  • explaining that superseding cause and sole proximate cause are indistin- guishable concepts
  • explaining that superseding cause and sole proximate cause are indistinguishable concepts
  • ‘‘the determination whether negligence of [a third party] was such a super- seding cause as to prevent the antecedent negligence of the defendant from being a substantial factor in producing the plaintiff’s injuries was essential to a finding [of superseding cause]’’ [emphasis added]
  • \the determination whether negligence of [a third party] was such a superseding cause as to prevent the antecedent negligence of the defendant from being a substantial factor in producing the plaintiff's injuries was essential to a finding [of superseding cause]\ [emphasis added]
  • ‘‘the determination whether negligence of [a third party] was such a super- seding cause as to prevent the antecedent negligence of the defendant from being a substantial factor in producing the plaintiff’s injuries was essential to a finding [of superseding cause]’’ [emphasis added]

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Judges: Daly, Baldwin, King, Murphy, Mellitz

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