HAYNES v. CITY OF MIDDLETOWN

No. 19175.

101 A.3d 249 (2014)

314 Conn. 303

Tracey HAYNES et al. v. CITY OF MIDDLETOWN.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh D. Hughes , with whom, on the brief, were William F. Gallagher , New Haven, and Mark A. Balaban , Middletown, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Matthew Dallas Gordon , with whom were Nicholas N. Ouellette and, on the brief, Ruth A. Kurien , West Hartford, for the appellee (defendant).

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


ROGERS, C.J.

The primary issue that we must resolve in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly affirmed the judgment of the trial court setting aside the jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on the ground that the plaintiffs failed to prove the imminent harm to identifiable persons exception to the defense of governmental immunity. The named plaintiff, Tracey Haynes, individually and as the parent and next friend of Jasmon Vereen, her then...

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