Legal Opinion
Link v. City of Shelton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 13, 1982PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpeziale, C. J.
The plaintiff, Patrick Link, brought this action in two counts against the defendant city of Shelton for indemnification under § 53-39U 1 of the General Statutes. The defendant has appealed from a summary judgment rendered on the first count in favor of the plaintiff, formerly a patrolman with the defendant’s police department, holding that pursuant to § 53-39a the plaintiff is entitled to indemnification for “legal fees necessarily incurred” in defending against a prosecution for the crime of breach of the peace. The plaintiff has cross appealed from a summary judgment rendered on the second…
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