FLORENCE v. PLAINFIELD

No. CV03-0084216S.

909 A.2d 587 (2006)

50 Conn.Sup. 1

Debbie L. FLORENCE, (Executrix, Estate of Jenny L. McMechen), et al. v. TOWN OF PLAINFIELD et al.

Superior Court of Connecticut, Complex Litigation Docket at Tolland.

August 11, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Santos & Seeley, Loughlin Fitzgerald, P.C., Adele V. Patterson and Montgomery McCracken, pro hac vice, of the Pennsylvania bar, for the plaintiffs.

Horton, Shields & Knox, P.C., Hartford, Ryan, Ryan, Johnson & Deluca, LLP, Stamford, Williams, Walsh & O'Connor, LLC, North Haven, and Stephen R. Sarnoski, assistant attorney general, for the defendants.


SFERRAZZA, J.

The defendants move for summary judgment as to all counts in this wrongful death action filed by the plaintiff Debbie Florence, executrix for the estates of Jenny L. McMechen and Baby Boy McMechen. The defendants are the town of Plainfield and several present or former police officers employed by that town. The bases for the motions are qualified governmental immunity and a lack of proximate causation.

Summary judgment shall be granted if the...

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