Opinion

Kiniry v. Danbury Hospital

  • 183 Conn. 448
  • 439 A.2d 408
  • 1981 Conn. LEXIS 489
Court
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Filed
Apr 14, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Wright
On the bench
Bogdanski, Peters, Healey, Armentano, Wright
Cited by
60 cases

"[t]hose portions of the court's charge ... rebut the defendants' claim that the court charged that only intentional conduct on the part of [the third party] would discharge the defendants"

How later courts described this case

  • "[t]hose portions of the court's charge ... rebut the defendants' claim that the court charged that only intentional conduct on the part of [the third party] would discharge the defendants"
  • actions that continue to be a proximate cause of injury even after another cause intervenes render actor liable to injured party

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Wright, J.

(dissenting). While I agree that a plaintiff’s verdict was justified in this case, in my opinion the award of damages was plainly excessive. A remittitur should be ordered.

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