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KEOGH v. BRIDGEPORT

187 Conn. 53 (1982)

JOAN E. KEOGH, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF WILLIAM V. KEOGH) v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce L. Levin, with whom, on the brief, were David M. McHugh and Joseph Biafore, Jr., for the appellant (plaintiff).

Louis Stein, assistant city attorney, with whom, on the brief, was John J. McNamara, city attorney, for the appellees (defendants).

SPEZIALE, C. J., HEALEY, PARSKEY, ARMENTANO and SHEA, JS.

ARMENTANO, J.

This appeal questions whether the estate of a fireman may maintain an action against the deceased's fellow employees for wrongful death caused by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle, when both the deceased and the individual defendants were acting within the scope of their employment as firemen for the city of Bridgeport.

For purposes of this appeal, the facts are undisputed. On April 19, 1973, the plaintiff's decedent and the individual...

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