Martins v. Connecticut Light and Power Co.

Decision Date14 September 1994
Citation231 Conn. 915,648 A.2d 154
CourtConnecticut Supreme Court
PartiesTeresa MARTINS, Conservatrix (Estate of Carlos Martins), et al. v. CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY.

Maureen Danehy Cox and Brian T. Henebry, Waterbury, in support of the petition.

Carey B. Reilly, Bridgeport, in opposition.

The defendant Connecticut Light and Power Company's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 35 Conn.App. 212, 645 A.2d 557 (AC 12165), is denied.

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  • State v. Hodge
    • United States
    • Connecticut Supreme Court
    • April 6, 1999
    ...234 Conn. 916, 661 A.2d 97 (1995); Martins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co., 35 Conn. App. 212, 645 A.2d 557, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 915, 648 A.2d 154 (1994); State v. Rivera, 23 Conn. App. 592, 583 A.2d 931 (1990), cert. denied, 217 Conn. 807, 584 A.2d 1192 (1991); State v. Graham, 21 Con......
  • Ormsby v. Frankel
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • July 6, 1999
    ...particular condition or danger); Martins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co., 35 Conn. App. 212, 216, 645 A.2d 557, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 915, 648 A.2d 154 (1994). The plaintiff offered the following facts, outside the presence of the jury, to establish the similarities between the prior acc......
  • Ormsby v. Frankel
    • United States
    • Connecticut Supreme Court
    • April 17, 2001
    ...Conn. 626, 717 A.2d 1205 (1998), and Martins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co., 35 Conn. App. 212, 645 A.2d 557, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 915, 648 A.2d 154 (1994), the trial court concluded that: "[U]nder Martins the appropriate inquiry was not whether the prior accidents were substantially s......
  • State v. Lane, 27257.
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • June 5, 2007
    ...quotation marks omitted.) Martins v. Connecticut Light & Power Co., 35 Conn. App. 212, 224, 645 A.2d 557, cert. denied, 231 Conn. 915, 648 A.2d 154 (1994). "Furthermore, because the only direct contact most Connecticut citizens have with our justice system is as venirepersons, the process b......
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