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PRESCOTT v. CITY OF MERIDEN

No. 17134.

873 A.2d 175 (2005)

273 Conn. 759

Stephen PRESCOTT et al. v. CITY OF MERIDEN et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Welch-Rubin, New Haven, with whom, on the brief, was David Johnson, Enfield, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Thomas R. Gerarde, with whom, on the brief, was Jay T. DonFrancisco, Hartford, for the appellees (defendants).

SULLIVAN, C.J., and BORDEN, KATZ, PALMER and ZARELLA, Js.

BORDEN, J.

One of the three exceptions to a municipal employee's qualified immunity for discretionary acts is "where the circumstances make it apparent to the public officer that his or her failure to act would likely subject an identifiable person to imminent harm ...." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Purzycki v. Fairfield, 244 Conn. 101, 108, 708 A.2d 937 (1998). We have extended that exception beyond identifiable individuals...

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