LAWRENCE v. STATE BD. OF EDUC.

No. 33583.

60 A.3d 961 (2013)

140 Conn.App. 773

Wilbert LAWRENCE v. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent F. Sabatini , Newington, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Robert J. Deichert , assistant attorney general, with whom were Nancy A. Brouillet , assistant attorney general, and, on the brief, George Jepsen , attorney general, and Jane R. Rosenberg , assistant attorney general, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

LAVINE, SHELDON and PETERS, Js.


PETERS, J.

"Sovereign immunity is invoked as a shield by the sovereign defendant against suits from parties allegedly injured by its wrongful conduct or that of its agents." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Lombardo Bros. Mason Contractors, Inc., 307 Conn. 412, 429, 54 A.3d 1005 (2012). The principal issue in this case is whether sovereign immunity bars the action of a former...

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