Prokolkin v. General Motors Corporation

Decided March 2, 1976. Herbert S. MacDonald wrote the opinion for the court.

170 Conn. 289 · Cited 90 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.

• Handler v. Remington Arms Co. · 144 Conn. 316
• Rossignol v. Danbury School of Aeronautics, Inc. · 154 Conn. 549
• Vilcinskas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 144 Conn. 170
• Kaplan v. Merberg Wrecking Corporation · 152 Conn. 405
• Collens v. New Canaan Water Co. · 155 Conn. 477
• Gallo v. G. Fox & Co. · 148 Conn. 327
• Tuohey v. Martinjak · 177 A. 721
• DiSesa v. Hickey · 160 Conn. 250

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• McDonald v. Haynes Medical Laboratory, Inc. · 192 Conn. 327
• Baxter v. Sturm, Ruger & Co. · 230 Conn. 335
• Drakatos v. R. B. Denison, Inc. · 493 F. Supp. 942
• S.M.S. Textile Mills, Inc. v. Brown, Jacobson, Tillinghast, Lahan & King, P.C. · 32 Conn. App. 786
• Fichera v. Mine Hill Corp. · 207 Conn. 204
• Blanchette v. Barrett · 229 Conn. 256
• Potter v. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. · 241 Conn. 199
• Vitanza v. Upjohn Co. · 257 Conn. 365
• Hoelter v. Mohawk Service, Inc. · 170 Conn. 495
• Sherwood v. Danbury Hospital · 252 Conn. 193
• Ecker v. Town of West Hartford · 205 Conn. 219
• DeBeradinis v. Zoning Commission · 228 Conn. 187
• Sanborn v. Greenwald · 39 Conn. App. 289
• Watts v. Chittenden · 301 Conn. 575
• Cross v. Huttenlocher · 185 Conn. 390
• R.A. Civitello Co. v. City of New Haven · 6 Conn. App. 212
• Elliot v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 229 Conn. 500
• Tomer v. American Home Products Corporation · 170 Conn. 681
• Quadrini v. Sikorsky Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corp. · 425 F. Supp. 81
• Barrett v. Montesano · 269 Conn. 787
• Swayze v. Swayze · 176 Conn. 323
• Stuart & Sons, L.P. v. Curtis Publishing Co. · 456 F. Supp. 2d 336

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