Buckman v. People Express, Inc.

Decided September 1, 1987. Arthur H. Healey wrote the opinion for the court.

205 Conn. 166 · Cited 216 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Morris v. Hartford Courant Co. · 200 Conn. 676
• D'Ulisse-Cupo v. Board of Directors of Notre Dame High School · 202 Conn. 206
• Magnan v. Anaconda Industries, Inc. · 193 Conn. 558
• Vandersluis v. Weil · 176 Conn. 353
• Birgel v. Heintz · 163 Conn. 23
• Allen v. Giuliano · 144 Conn. 573
• Finley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. · 202 Conn. 190
• Shaw v. Railroad Co. · 101 U.S. 557
• Manning v. Michael · 188 Conn. 607
• Ziman v. Whitley · 147 A. 370
• Matthews v. FMC Corporation · 190 Conn. 700
• Kiniry v. Danbury Hospital · 183 Conn. 448
• Stolberg v. Caldwell · 175 Conn. 586
• Herb v. Kerr · 190 Conn. 136
• O'BRIEN v. Seyer · 183 Conn. 199
• Lengel v. New Haven Gas Light Co. · 142 Conn. 70
• Bartlett v. Travelers Insurance · 167 A. 180
• Gorczyca v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 141 Conn. 701
• Slabinski v. Dix · 138 Conn. 625
• Dennis v. Shaw · 137 Conn. 450
• Stone v. Bastarache · 188 Conn. 201
• Colucci v. Pinette · 185 Conn. 483
• Hoyt v. Factory Mutual Liability Insurance · 179 A. 842
• Leabo v. Leninski · 2 Conn. App. 715
• State v. Sanchez · 204 Conn. 472

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• Uberti v. Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co. · 144 F. Supp. 2d 90
• PSE Consulting, Inc. v. Mercede · 267 Conn. 279
• Van Dorsten v. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company · 554 F. Supp. 2d 285
• Kilduff v. Adams, Inc. · 219 Conn. 314
• McCulloch v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance · 363 F. Supp. 2d 169
• McInnis v. Town of Weston · 458 F. Supp. 2d 7
• Desardouin v. United Parcel Service, Inc. · 285 F. Supp. 2d 153
• Walsh v. Seaboard Surety Co. · 94 F. Supp. 2d 205
• Copeland v. Home & Community Health Services, Inc. · 285 F. Supp. 2d 144
• Weiss v. Wiederlight · 208 Conn. 525
• United Technologies Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co. · 989 F. Supp. 128
• Otis Elevator Co. v. Factory Mutual Insurance · 353 F. Supp. 2d 274
• Carford v. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance · 94 Conn. App. 41
• Rogan v. Rungee · 140 A.3d 979
• Universe Life Insurance v. Giles · 950 S.W.2d 48
• A-G Foods, Inc. v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc. · 216 Conn. 200
• Habetz v. Condon · 224 Conn. 231
• Beverly Hills Concepts, Inc. v. Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & Kotkin · 247 Conn. 48
• Gaudio v. Griffin Health Services Corp. · 249 Conn. 523
• Westport Taxi Service, Inc. v. Westport Transit District · 235 Conn. 1
• Gore v. People's Savings Bank · 235 Conn. 360

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