NORTHRUP v. WITKOWSKI

(SC 20023).

210 A.3d 29 (2019)

332 Conn. 158

George W. NORTHRUP et al. v. Henry J. WITKOWSKI, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released July 2, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua F. Gilman , Norwalk, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Thomas R. Gerarde , with whom, on the brief, was Beatrice S. Jordan , Hartford, for the appellees (defendants).

Aaron S. Bayer Hartford, and Tadhg Dooley , New Haven, filed a brief for the city of Bridgeport et al. as amici curiae.

Robinson, C.J., and Palmer, McDonald, D'Auria, Kahn and Ecker, Js.


This certified appeal requires us to consider the continued vitality of this court's decision in Spitzer v. Waterbury, 113 Conn. 84, 88, 154 A. 157 (1931), which held that "[t]he work of constructing drains and sewers, as well as that of keeping them in repair, is ministerial, and the municipality is responsible for...

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