2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 52-217. Violation of statute by minor.
Sec. 52-217. Violation of statute by minor. In all actions for recovery of damages
for injury to person or property, in which the plaintiff or defendant was a minor under
sixteen years of age at the time such cause of action arose, it shall be a question of fact
to be submitted to the judge or jury to determine whether or not such minor plaintiff or
minor defendant was in the exercise of due care, when there is a violation of statutory
duty by such plaintiff or defendant.
Cited. 146 C. 10; 148 C. 459; 154 C. 644, 648. Minor child may be liable to her minor sister for damage caused by negligence. 147 C. 649. Boy fourteen years old entitled to have jury measure his conduct by that reasonably to be expected of children of similar age, judgment and experience. 151 C. 434. Cited. 165 C. 251.
Cited. 38 CS 426, 435, 445.
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