In any action brought by any person for personal injuries received while being transported to or from school in a vehicle owned, leased or hired by, or operated under contract with, any town, school district or other municipality, it shall be no defense that such transportation is in the line of governmental duty or is mandated by the state. In any such action brought against any town, school district or other municipality, the defense of sovereign immunity shall not be available and it shall be no defense that the transportation was being provided by an independent contractor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-557
Injury to children being transported to school
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Collins v. Martella (1994)
Most recently applied in 275 F. Supp. 3d 328 - Conroy v. Caron (August 2017)
(1949 Rev., S. 8298; P.A. 00-133.) History: P.A. 00-133 barred the defense that the transportation is mandated by the state and the defense of sovereign immunity.
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