Salaman v. City of Waterbury

• Decision Date: 03 April 1997
• Citation: 240 Conn. 921,692 A.2d 816
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: Julio SALAMAN, Administrator (Estate of Jamie C. Salaman) v. CITY OF WATERBURY et al.

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692 A.2d 816

240 Conn. 921

Julio SALAMAN, Administrator (Estate of Jamie C. Salaman) v.CITY OF WATERBURY et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 3, 1997.

Linda L. Morkan, Hartford, in support of the petition.

Steven D. Ecker and Jonathan J. Einhorn, New Haven, in opposition.

The named defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 44 Conn.App. 211, 687 A.2d 1318(AC 14709), is granted, limited to the following issues:

"1.Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court had improperly set aside the verdict rendered in favor of the plaintiff because the plaintiff had failed to establish that (1) the city owed a duty to the plaintiff's decedent and (2) that the city had breached any such duty?

"2.Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that the trial court had granted the city's motion for judgment notwithstanding the...