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SARNO v. WHALEN

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233 Conn. 524 (1995)

DAGMAR SARNO, CONSERVATRIX (ESTATE OF TRACY SARNO) v. JOHN WHALEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released June 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Lyons III, with whom was James H. Lee, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Barbara Brazzel-Massaro, associate city attorney, with whom, on the brief, was John H. Barton, city attorney, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

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

PETERS, C. J., and CALLAHAN, BORDEN, KATZ and PALMER, JS.

PER CURIAM.

In this personal injury action, the plaintiff, Dagmar Sarno, conservatrix for Tracy Sarno, asks us to reconsider Shore v. Stonington, 187 Conn. 147, 444 A.2d 1379 (1982), in which this court held that a police officer has no duty to exercise his or her discretionary authority to detain an inebriated driver in order to protect members of the motoring public. In her complaint, the plaintiff alleged that the...

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