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Dombroski v. Hartford

Appellate Court of Connecticut
Oct 29, 1985
499 A.2d 431 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985)

Opinion

(3597)

Argued October 1, 1985

Decision released October 29, 1985

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall on an allegedly defective public sidewalk, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford and tried to the court, Bieluch, J.; judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed to this court. No error.

Lisa Silvestri, assistant corporation counsel, with whom, on the brief, was Richard H. Goldstein, corporation counsel, for the appellant (defendant).

John C. Heffernan, for the appellee (plaintiff).


The defendant city appeals from the judgment of the trial court for the plaintiff awarding her damages for injuries which resulted from a fall on a defective sidewalk. The court issued a detailed and exhaustive memorandum of decision finding all the necessary facts in favor of the plaintiff. We find no error.

The defendant's first claim, that the court erred in admitting without proper foundation two photographs of the particular defect in the sidewalk, is without merit. The plaintiff testified that the photographs accurately depicted the condition of the sidewalk at the point at which she fell. See Tripp v. Anderson, 1 Conn. App. 433, 435, 472 A.2d 804 (1984). The defendant's remaining claims of error do no more than attack the trial court's factual findings, which are not clearly erroneous. See Fukelman v. Middletown, 4 Conn. App. 30, 31, 492 A.2d 214 (1985).


Summaries of

Dombroski v. Hartford

Appellate Court of Connecticut
Oct 29, 1985
499 A.2d 431 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985)
Case details for

Dombroski v. Hartford

Case Details

Full title:GENEVIEVE DOMBROSKI v. CITY OF HARTFORD

Court:Appellate Court of Connecticut

Date published: Oct 29, 1985

Citations

499 A.2d 431 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985)
5 Conn. App. 431

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