Legal Opinion
Martyn v. Donlin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 25, 1964PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, C. J.
This ivas an action for the recovery of damages for the wrongful death of the plaintiff’s decedent, who was shot, on April 20, 1958, just after midnight, by the defendant Robert Donlin, a regular police officer of the defendant city of Hartford, in the course of an attempt to effect the decedent’s arrest. In the first count, damages were sought from Donlin. In the second count, damages were sought from the city under what is now § 7-465 of the General Statutes. That statute, under certain conditions, imposes liability on a municipality for damage caused by an employee “if the employee . . .…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Bushnell v. BushnellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Vogel v. SylvesterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Sears v. CurtisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- State v. DelVecchioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Shailer v. BullockSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1905
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- United States v. Gordon R. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Spring v. ConstantinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- State v. LicariSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- State v. VillafaneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
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