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DOE v. MANHEIMER

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212 Conn. 748 (1989)

JANE DOE v. SEYMOUR MANHEIMER ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Kimberly A. Knox and Chester W. Fairlie, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Joseph A. Hourihan, with whom, on the brief, were Leslie S. Sheppard and Joan Keating-McKeon and Thomas Noguerola, legal interns, for the appellee (named defendant).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, GLASS, COVELLO and HULL, JS.

GLASS, J.

The difficult issue in this case is whether a landowner may be liable in tort for damages arising from the rape of a pedestrian committed on the landowner's property behind brush and trees that shielded the area from view from the nearby public sidewalk and street.

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The plaintiff, Jane Doe, worked as a meter reader for the Connecticut Light and Power Company in New London. On July 30, 1984, her employers assigned her to work in the Green...

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