Opinion
Argued May 9, 1967
Decided May 10, 1967
Action to recover damages for injury to person and property, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, by transfer from the Superior Court in that county, and tried to the jury before DeVita, J.; the court directed a verdict for the defendant Linda S. Delaney and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs against the named defendant et al. and, from the judgment rendered thereon, after a remittitur was filed by the plaintiff Louis Verrillo, the named defendant et al. appealed. No error.
William W. Sprague, with whom was James T. Haviland II, for the appellants (named defendant et al.).
William R. Davis, with whom, on the brief, were Leon RisCassi and Frank Odlum, for the appellees (plaintiffs).
This appeal claimed error in a portion of the charge to the jury on the issue of damages and in the refusal of the court to set aside the verdict as excessive.
In the light of the entire charge on the issue of damages and the limited exception taken to it, we find nothing erroneous. Lucier v. Meriden-Wallingford Sand Stone Co., 153 Conn. 422, 426, 216 A.2d 818.
On the evidence presented, the jury could reasonably find that the damages awarded constituted fair, just and reasonable compensation for the injuries the plaintiffs sustained. Accordingly, there was no error in the refusal of the court to set the verdict aside. Schaller v. Roadside Inn, Inc., 154 Conn. 61, 68, 221 A.2d 263; Lopez v. Price, 145 Conn. 560, 564, 569, 145 A.2d 127.