In Adams v Aircraft Spruce Co., 215 Conn. App. 428 (2022), the Connecticut Appellate Court affirmed a summary judgment in favor of our client. The plaintiffs bought a wrongful death action against several parties arising from a tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of their son and our client’s daughter, who was the licensed pilot of the plane. The plaintiffs alleged that our client, the pilot’s father, negligently entrusted the airplane to his daughter based on his having provided funds to cover charges for the plane rental. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the father and the Appellate Court affirmed that judgment in a unanimous decision. After a careful review of the record, the Appellate Court held that monetary facilitation of the daughter’s access to the plane did not give the father the exclusive or superior control necessary to support a claim based on negligent entrustment.

Laura Zaino of Halloran Sage’s Appellate Practice Group briefed and argued the appeal. Richard Tynan won the summary judgment in the trial court.

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