Connecticut Superior Court, 1940

Deptula v. Wasziewicz

Connecticut Superior Court · Decided October 7, 1940 · Foster

8 Conn. Supp. 477; 1940 Conn. Super. LEXIS 154

Counsel

Monroe S. Gordon, of New Britain, and Samuel Rosenthal, of Hartford, for the Plaintiff., Francis B. Keeler, of New Britain, for the Defendant.

Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, J.

Liability of the defendant in this case is ad' mitted by the defendant.

The plaintiff is a widow and lives with her three children. Her occupation is that of housework for herself and children. She testified through an interpreter.

On April 16, 1939, she fell down a flight of stairs. She suffered shock and contusions of the right shoulder, right eh bow and right side of her chest. Later a traumatic pleurisy developed. She was confined to her bed about four weeks. The pleurisy disappeared in about six weeks. She suffered much pain and discomfort. She suffered a total disability for four or five months. Her doctor’s bill was $84.

Judgment is rendered that the plaintiff recover from the defendant damages of $834.

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