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Supreme Court of Connecticut· 7/3/2007

Hopkins v. O'CONNOR

Citations

  • 925 A.2d 1030
  • 282 Conn. 821
  • 2007 Conn. LEXIS 267

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing need for consistency between statutory scheme and common law and declining to extend common-law absolute immunity to officer's actions where statute imposed criminal liability for same actions
  • recognizing need for consistency between statutory scheme and common law and declining to extend common-law absolute immunity to officer’s actions where statute imposed criminal liability for same actions
  • explaining that officer who took individual into \involuntary custody and caused him to be transported\ to hospital for psychiatric evaluation pursuant to § 17a-503 [a] was \serving less in a law enforcement capacity than in a health and safety capacity\
  • explaining that officer who took individual into ‘‘involuntary custody and caused him to be transported’’ to hospital for psychiatric evalu- ation pursuant to § 17a-503 [a] was ‘‘serving less in a law enforcement capacity than in a health and safety capacity’’
  • relying on criminal penalty in General Statutes § 17a-504 for wrongful acts in connection with psychiatric commitment to conclude that common law provided police officer with qualified, rather than absolute, civil immunity
  • “[t]he denial of a motion for summary judgment ordinarily is an interlocutory ruling and, accordingly, is not a final judgment for purposes of appeal”

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Judges: Borden, Norcott, Katz, Vertefeuille, Zarella

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