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SPEARS v. GARCIA

(SC 16676)

263 Conn. 22 (2003)

TONISHA SPEARS ET AL. v. BENIGA GARCIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Officially released April 1, 2003

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur C. Laske III, assistant city attorney, for the appellants (defendant city of Bridgeport et al.).

Karen E. Souza, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

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

Kathryn Calibey and Douglas W. Hammond filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Sullivan, C. J., and Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Zarella, Js.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The defendants,1 the city of Bridgeport and the Bridgeport fire department, appeal, upon our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the summary judgment in favor of the defendants rendered by the trial court based upon the failure of the plaintiffs, Tonisha Spears and Medina Spears,2 to cite in their...

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