CARTIER v. LUSSIER

No. 473, Docket 91-7590.

955 F.2d 841 (1992)

Tara CARTIER; Donald Coates, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Paul D. LUSSIER, individually and in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Karsten, West Hartford, Conn. (Sack, Spector & Barrett, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

John R. Williams, New Haven, Conn. (Williams and Wise, New Haven, Conn., Jacques J. Parenteau, Greenberg, Steenburg and Parenteau, P.C., New London, Conn., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, CARDAMONE, and MINER, Circuit Judges.


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, Tara Cartier and Donald Coates, her brother, commenced this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action against Paul D. Lussier, a Connecticut State Trooper. Plaintiffs allege that defendant lacked probable cause to arrest them following the death of Christopher Izzo, who was present in an automobile with plaintiff Cartier when a fatal accident occurred. Coates witnessed the accident. In...

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