The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld two lower court rulings that found the town of Old Saybrook and its fire company were not liable for the actions of a volunteer firefighter whose car collided with a motorcyclist in front of the firehouse.

The plaintiffs attorneys in Fiano v. Old Saybrook Fire Co. No. 1 had argued the municipality and the firehouse should be held responsible for the actions of volunteer junior firefighter James Smith because, they argued, Smith was acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the October 2013 accident.

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