Legal Opinion
Keogh v. City of Bridgeport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 4, 1982PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmentano, J.
This appeal questions whether the estate of a fireman may maintain an action against the deceased’s fellow employees for wrongful death caused by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle, when both the deceased and the individual defendants were acting within the scope of their employment as firemen for the city of Bridgeport.
For purposes of this appeal, the facts are undisputed. On April 19, 1973, the plaintiff’s decedent and the individual defendants were employed as firemen for the defendant city of Bridgeport and were working at the site of a grass fire located in the city. At the…
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