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EDGERTON v. TOWN OF CLINTON

No. 19095.

86 A.3d 437 (2014)

311 Conn. 217

Adele P. EDGERTON, Successor Conservator (Estate of Walker Hopkins) v. TOWN OF CLINTON et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron S. Bayer , Hartford, with whom were Julie Loughran and Lawrence A. Ouellette, Jr. , New Haven, and, on the brief, Michael P. Thompson , Stamford, for the appellant (named defendant).

Steven D. Ecker , Hartford, with whom were M. Caitlin S. Anderson , and, on the brief, Gavan F. Meehan , Hartford, for the appellee (substitute plaintiff).

ROGERS, C.J., and PALMER, ZARELLA, EVELEIGH, McDONALD and ESPINOSA, Js.

ZARELLA, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the named defendant, the town of Clinton (town),1 is shielded from liability under the doctrine of governmental immunity because it would not have been apparent to Ellen Vece, a 911 dispatcher employed by the town, that her acts or omissions would have been likely to subject Walker Hopkins to imminent harm. Hopkins' injuries occurred as a result of the second of two vehicle collisions...

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