Legal Opinion
Furstein v. Hill
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 14, 1991No. 14047; 14104PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this consolidated appeal is whether a police officer occupies the status of an invitee or of a licensee when, in the course of performing his official duties, he is injured by a defective condition on the property of a landowner. The plaintiff, Edward Furstein, a West Hartford police officer, brought an action to recover damages for personal injuries that he suffered as the result of investigating a possible burglary at a house owned by the defendant, Rita B. Hill. The town of West Hartford intervened as a plaintiff to recover sums expended in workers’ compensation…
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