Hermanson v. Hermanson
| Decision Date | 16 February 1954 |
| Docket Number | No. 6340,6340 |
| Citation | 19 Conn.Supp. 479,117 A.2d 840 |
| Court | Connecticut Superior Court |
| Parties | Christina HERMANSON et al. v. Evelyn HERMANSON. |
Abraham A. M. Schweitzer, Hartford, for plaintiffs.
Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, for defendant.
The amended complaint in this action is in two counts, each claiming damages for personal injuries and consequent losses respectively sustained by two passengers, Christina Hermanson and Christine Hermanson, who were riding on the front seat of an automobile which collided with a utility pole in Everett, Massachusetts, on May 2, 1953. The car is alleged to have been owned by the defendant Evelyn Hermanson and to have been then operated as a family car by her husband, George Hermanson, who is not named as a defendant.
One of the plaintiffs is Christina Hermanson, and her claimed cause of action forms the subject matter of the first count, sounds in negligence only, and runs against the defendant Evelyn Hermanson, hereinafter referred to as the defendant owner, only. The other plaintiff, Christine, is the minor daughter of the owner and of the operator of the car and a member of their household; and her claimed cause of action forms the subject matter of the second count, sounds only in breach of contract of express warranty, and runs against the defendant Town Motors, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the defendant seller, only. It should perhaps be noted that paragraph 8 of the second count seems to seek recovery on the part of George Hermanson, as an individual, for medical expenses incurred on behalf of his minor daughter, Christine, apparently under § 2389c of the 1953 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, since he was not made a plaintiff in the writ.
It is alleged in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the second count of the complaint that the defendant seller, on March 17, 1953, sold the car, which was then a new 1953 Kaiser de luxe four-door sedan, to the defendant owner with a warranty that it was 'The World's First Safety-First Car' with the 'World's Safest Front Seat' and equipped with 'One Piece Safety Mounted Windshield--Designed to Push Outward in Case of Severe Impact,' and that the defendant owner bought the car in reliance on the warranty. It is further alleged that in the impact with the pole the plaintiff Christine's head was thrown against the windshield, which failed to push outward but remained rigidly in place, thereby causing that plaintiff severe injuries.
The defendant seller has demurred to the complaint in so far as directed against it because a cause of action for breach of an express warranty is alleged and no privity of contract between the minor plaintiff Christine or her father and the defendant seller is alleged. The demurrer was not limited, as it should have been, to the second count of the complaint; nor is the wording of the complaint as clear as it should have been in alleging the causes of action respectively pleaded in the respective counts.
The parties stipulated in open court that (1) the second count is on behalf of the minor plaintiff, Christine, and of her father, only; runs against the defendant seller, only; and states only a cause of action for breach of contract of express warranty; and (2) the demurrer attacks only the second count. These stipulations would have been unnecessary had the writ, complaint and demurrer been properly drafted.
With some hesitation, and rather against its better judgment,...
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