RAYMOND M. LODGE ET AL.
v.
ARETT SALES CORPORATION ET AL.
PATRICIA HUGHES, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF HOWARD A. HUGHES), ET AL.
v.
ARETT SALES CORPORATION ET AL.
MARITZA RIVERA, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF HERIBERTO RIVERA), ET AL.
v.
ARETT SALES CORPORATION ET AL.
JAMES A. MOROTTO, JR., ET AL.
v.
ARETT SALES CORPORATION ET AL.
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Argued February 19, 1998.
Officially released August 25, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frank H. Santoro, with whom was Matthew G. Conway, for the defendant Baker Protective Services, Inc., Wells Fargo Alarm Services Division.
Brian M. Gildea, with whom, on the brief, was Thomas E. Stevens, for the defendant Advanced Automatic Sprinkler Protection Systems, Inc.
James K Robertson, Jr., with whom was Giovanna T. Weller, for the plaintiff Raymond M. Lodge et al.
Michael A. D'Amico, for the plaintiff James A. Morotto, Jr., et al.
John R. Horvack, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Neil Rossman, for the plaintiff Patricia Hughes, et al.
William J. Tracy, Jr., for the plaintiff Maritza Rivera et al.
Thomas G. Parisot, with whom were John J. Coughlin and, on the brief, Eric R. Brown, for the defendant Arett Sales Corporation.
Andrew J. O'Keefe, with whom was Joseph M. Busher, for the city of Waterbury.
William H. Narwold, Charles D. Ray and Mary C. Morabito filed a brief for the Connecticut Business and Insurance Industry Association, Inc., as amicus curiae.
John T. Harris, Sheila A. Huddles ton, S. Bryan Lawrence III and F. J. Lucchino filed a brief for the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association et al. as amici curiae.
J. William Gagne, Jr., filed a brief for the Waterbury Fire Fighters Association, Local 1339, as amicus curiae.
David T. Grudberg filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.
Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Palmer and E. O'Connell, Js.
Supreme Court of Connecticut.
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
The dispositive issue in these appeals is whether the defendants, who negligently caused the transmission of a false fire alarm, are liable to firefighters injured during an accident precipitated by the negligent maintenance and failure of the brakes on the responding fire engine.1 The plaintiffs2 are two Waterbury firefighters...
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