259 Conn. 915
Decided January 17, 2002
Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 2002-01-17
Relies on Spears v. Garcia
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Decided 2002-01-17
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently August 2025
16 state decisions
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¶1The petition by the defendants, the city of Bridgeport and the Bridgeport fire department, for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 66 Conn. App. 669 (AC 20487), is granted, limited to the following issue:
¶2“Does General Statutes § 52-557n permit a plaintiff to bring a direct cause of action in negligence against a municipality?”