Ramos v. Town of Branford

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

The plaintiff, Michael Ramos, administrator of the estate of the decedent, Edward Ramos,1 appeals from the summary judgment rendered in favor of the defendant town of Branford (town) and the defendant Peter Buonome.2 The plaintiff brought this action against the defendants, claiming that Buonome, as chief of the Branford fire department and the town’s fire marshal, knew or should have known that his reckless conduct was substantially certain to cause the death of the decedent.

*673On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly determined that (1) a genuine issue of…