WILLIAMS v. NEW HAVEN

(SC 15700)

243 Conn. 763 (1998)

IRMA WILLIAMS ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW HAVEN

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released March 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Ude, Jr., assistant corporation counsel, for the appellant (defendant).

Jerald S. Barber, with whom was Earl I. Williams, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Katz and Palmer, Js.


Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiffs may maintain a negligence action against the defendant, the city of New Haven, in the absence of a statute expressly providing for such municipal liability. The named plaintiff, Irma Williams, brought this action, as parent and next friend of her minor son, James L. Williams, and on her own behalf for his medical expenses,...

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