Coley v. City of Hartford

Opinion

ALVORD, J.

The plaintiff, Orville Coley, administrator of the estate of Loma Coley,1 appeals from the summary judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the defendant, the city of Hartford (city). He claims that the court improperly concluded that there was no genuine issue of material fact as to whether certain police officers’ response to a report of family violence constituted a discretionary, as opposed to a ministerial, act. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff,2 are relevant to our disposition of…