McCarthy v. Calise
McCarthy v. Calise
Opinion of the Court
Opinion
This case involves an automobile accident at an intersection in Norwalk. The defendants,
The defendants raise two evidentiary claims. They contend that the trial court improperly: (1) permitted the plaintiffs accident reconstruction expert witness to give an opinion on the cause of the collision because the opinion was unnecessary to assist the jury and it usurped the jury’s fact-finding function; and (2) permitted the plaintiffs expert witness to give an opinion that was based on facts that were contrary to the evidence. The defendants contend that either or both of these allegedly improper rulings constituted harmful error, thus requiring a new trial. We have considered fully the defendants’ claims in light of the entire record, and we conclude that they are without merit. It would serve no useful purpose to discuss them in further detail.
The judgment is affirmed.
The defendants appealed from the judgment of the trial court to the Appellate Court, and we transferred the appeal to this court pursuant to Practice Book § 65-1, and General Statutes § 51-199 (c).
Although Michael P. McCarthy originally was also a plaintiff in this case, he subsequently withdrew his claim. Hereafter, we refer to Jacqueline McCarthy as the plaintiff.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- JACQUELINE MCCARTHY v. CHRISTOPHER K. CALISE
- Status
- Published