Mascagna v. City of Derby
Cases that cite this one
24 later published cases cite this decision.
- Norwalk Co-Op v. Town of Greenwich, No. Cv90 0267800s (Jul. 15, 1992) (Connecticut Superior Court 1992)
- Salemme v. Town of Seymour (Conn. 2003)
- Howser v. Town of New Milford, No. Cv 99 0078821 (Jun. 14, 1999) (Connecticut Superior Court 1999)
- Martin v. Town of Plainville (Conn. 1997)
- Fusaro v. Vacca, No. 528048 (Nov. 24, 1993) (Connecticut Superior Court 1993)
- Sullivan v. City of Waterbury, No. 092507 (Jan. 24, 1991) (Connecticut Superior Court 1991)
- Kennedy v. Burns (Conn. App. Ct. 1986)
- Shine v. Powers (Connecticut Superior Court 1981)
- Shine v. Powers (Connecticut Superior Court 1981)
- Shandrowski v. D.O.T., No. Cv94 031 35 09 S (Jan. 27, 2003) (Connecticut Superior Court 2003)
- Murano v. City of New Haven, No. 373705 (Feb. 3, 1998) (Connecticut Superior Court 1998)
- Goyco v. City of Waterbury, No. Cv 96 0132429 (Nov. 14, 1996) (Connecticut Superior Court 1996)
- Liu v. Frankel, No. Cv94-0544645 S (Jan. 25, 1996) (Connecticut Superior Court 1996)
- Davidson v. Frankel, No. Cv94 0544340 (Sep. 18, 1995) (Connecticut Superior Court 1995)
- Mazur v. Defoe, No. Cv 940535280s (May 26, 1995) (Connecticut Superior Court 1995)
- Ortiz v. City of Bridgeport, No. Cv93 30 46 43 S (Mar. 17, 1995) (Connecticut Superior Court 1995)
- Wheeler v. Town of Granby, No. Cv-91-0501606-S (Nov. 16, 1992) (Connecticut Superior Court 1992)
- Vestutu v. Burns, No. 274390 (Feb. 15, 1991) (Connecticut Superior Court 1991)
- Quarello v. City of Meriden, No. Cv 89-0434582s (Oct. 10, 1990) (Connecticut Superior Court 1990)
- Blake v. Santoro, No. 0052742 (Sep. 21, 1990) (Connecticut Superior Court 1990)
- Dunn v. Ives (Connecticut Superior Court 1961)
- Dunn v. Ives (Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas 1961)
- Morico v. Cox (Conn. 1947)
- Main v. Town of North Stonington (Conn. 1940)
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Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages resulting from a fall upon the sidewalk of the defendant city which she claimed to be defective. The trial court ordered a nonsuit upon the ground that the notice of the injury served upon the city did not meet the requirements of § 1420 of the General Statutes. The notice stated the time and place where the plaintiff fell and then continued: “I was taken in the ambulance to the Griffin Hospital where I am now. I am under the care of Dr. Parlato and at present do not know the full extent of my injuries.” In Marino v. East Haven, 120 Conn. 577, 182 Atl. 225, we had before us a notice which merely stated that the plaintiff “fell and was injured” at the time and place where the accident occurred. We held that this did not comply with the statute which requires, among other things, a general description of the injury and that the saving clause at the end of the statute with reference to an “inaccuracy in describing the injury” would not apply because the notice failed to give any description of it. The present case cannot be distinguished and the trial court was right in granting the nonsuit.
There is no error.
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