PERODEAU v. HARTFORD

(SC 16468)

259 Conn. 729 (2002)

MICHAEL PERODEAU, SR. v. CITY OF HARTFORD ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released March 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Brewer, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Daniel J. Krisch and, on the brief, John P. Shea, Jr., assistant corporation counsel, and Trenton C. Haas, certified legal intern, for the appellees (defendants).

Mary-Michelle U. Hirschoff filed a brief for the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities as amicus curiae.

Michael Soltis and Susan Krell filed a brief for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Inc., as amicus curiae.

Philip A. Murphy, Jr., and Cynthia Watts Elder filed a brief for the commission on human rights and opportunities as amicus curiae.

Jonathan L. Gould and Barbara E. Gardner filed a brief for the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Sullivan, C. J., and Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Zarella, JS.


Opinion

ZARELLA, J.

The principal issues in this case, which comes to us on certification from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut pursuant to General Statutes § 51-199b (d),1 are: (1) whether General Statutes § 46a-60 (a) (1)2 imposes civil liability against individual municipal employees and/or their supervisors...

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