165 Conn. App. 44 - Brooks v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “[Section] 52-557n 5 abandons the common-law principle of municipal sovereign immunity and establishes the circumstances in which a municipality may be liable for damages.... One * such circumstance is a negligent act or omission of a municipal officer acting within the scope of his or her employment or official duties.... [Section] 52-557n (a) (2) (B), however, explicitly shields a municipality from liability for damages to person or property caused by the negligent acts or omissions [that] require the exercise of judgment or discretion as an official function of the authority expressly or impliedly granted by law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brooks v. Powers

2. “applies when the circumstances make it apparent to the [municipal] officer that his or her failure to act would be likely to subject an identifiable person to imminent harm .... By its own terms, this test requires three things: (1) an imminent harm; (2) an identifiable victim; and (3) a public official to whom it is apparent that his or her conduct is likely to subject that victim to that harm.... If the [plaintiff] fail[s] to establish any one of the three prongs, this failure will be fatal to [his] claim that [he] come[s] within the imminent harm exception.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brooks v. Powers

3. “The defendants were scheduled for boat patrol that evening from 6 ... until 10 p.m. By the time they arrived for work, however, the weather was already severe. The thunderstorm brought with it both torrential downpours and lightning. Due to the storm, the defendants were unable to take the boat out onto the water for the regular boat patrol and were not required to work that night. If they did work, they were to patrol the marinas and other parts of town, ensure that the boat was ready to go out if necessary, and respond to any emergencies that arose.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brooks v. Powers