McDermott v. State

Opinion

ALVORD, J.

The defendant, the state of Connecticut, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a bench trial, in favor of the plaintiffs, Madeline McDermott, both individually and in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of her late husband, William *77McDermott (decedent).1 On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) determined the scope of the duty of care that it owed the decedent, (2) concluded that it had breached the duty of care owed to the decedent,2 and (3) concluded that the decedent’s death was proximately caused by the conduct of the…