Trapp v. Co-Op Marina, No. 293084 (Dec. 18, 1990)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] MEMORANDUM OF DECISION (MOTION TO STRIKE, NO. 143) Defendant moves to strike the second count of the complaint contending Connecticut does not permit recovery for bystander emotional distress caused by the negligent infliction of injury upon another.

The following facts are alleged in the plaintiffs' revised complaint. The plaintiffs are two married couples, James and Mary Joyce Trapp, and Brian and Susan Mandio, who were boating in Long Island Sound aboard a pleasure yacht on July 6, 1989. After the CT Page 4628…