KEANE v. FISCHETTI

Nos. 18377, 18379.

13 A.3d 1089 (2011)

300 Conn. 395

Monica KEANE, Administratrix (Estate of John Keane) v. Joseph FISCHETTI et al. William Mahoney et al. v. Joseph Fischetti et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Gallagher , New Haven, with whom, on the brief, were Hugh D. Hughes , Garrett M. Moore and Gregory E. O'Brien , Cheshire, for the appellant in the first case (plaintiff in the first case).

Elliot B. Spector , for the appellee in the first case (defendant William Mahoney in the first case).

Justin Donnelly , Windsor Locks, for the appellees in the first and second cases (named defendant in the first case and named defendant et al. in the second case).

Charles W. Fleischmann , Shelton, for the appellee in the second case (defendant Monica Keane, administratrix of the estate of John Keane).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


ZARELLA, J.

These appeals1 require us to determine whether General Statutes § 7-308,2 which bars actions between firefighters for negligence while acting within the scope of their employment, violates the equal protection clauses of the state and federal constitutions. In the first case (S.C. 18377), the plaintiff, Monica Keane, individually and as administratrix...

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