GUTIERREZ v. THORNE

(5520)

13 Conn. App. 493 (1988)

STELLA GUTIERREZ v. GARETH D. THORNE, COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL RETARDATION

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Cella, with whom, on the brief, was Mark D. Arons, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Carolyn K. Querijero, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, and Francis J. MacGregor, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

DUPONT, C. J., BORDEN and O'CONNELL, JS.


BORDEN, J.

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendant in his capacity as commissioner of mental retardation, on the basis of injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff while she was a client-participant in a department program. The dispositive issues in this appeal are (1) whether it was reasonably foreseeable that a male employee of the department of mental retardation, who was assigned to supervise the plaintiff's living situation and who was supplied...

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