
    GINA VANASE ET AL. v. JAMES R. SMITH, CLAIMS COMMISSIONER
    
      Thomas P. Clifford III, assistant attorney general, in support of the petition.
    
      Scott D. Camassar and Robert I. Reardon, Jr., in opposition.
    Decided January 16, 2001
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court (AC 21009) is denied.

MCDONALD, C. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.  