ECKER v. WEST HARTFORD

(12971)

205 Conn. 219 (1987)

PATRICIA O. ECKER, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF ROBERT W. ECKER) v. TOWN OF WEST HARTFORD ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released September 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan B. Taylor, with whom were Frederick W. Danforth, Jr., and, on the brief, Marjorie Wilder, corporation counsel, for the appellants (named defendant et al.).

Theodore I. Koskoff, with whom were Bernard Pitterman and, on the brief, Carey B. Reilly and Joan C. Harrington, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, SPALLONE and NORCOTT, JS.


CALLAHAN, J.

The plaintiff Patricia O. Ecker, as administratrix of the estate of her husband Robert W. Ecker, brought this wrongful death action pursuant to General Statutes § 52-555 for injuries her deceased husband received when he was struck by a wooden canopy which fell from a Caldor building.1 The defendants include: (1) Henry Porter, doing business as Henry Porter Associates, the owner and lessor of the land and building; (2...

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