Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency v. Jackson

CONNECTICUT INTERLOCAL RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY v. CHRISTOPHER JACKSON ET AL. (SC 19946) Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js. Syllabus Pursuant to the alternative liability doctrine, when the conduct of two or more actors is tortious and it is proven that the plaintiff’s injuries have been caused by only one of those actors but it is unclear which one, the burden of proving causation shifts from the plaintiff to each actor to prove that he did not cause those injuries. The plaintiff appealed from the trial court’s judgment in favor of the defen- dants, three teenagers who had…