Hyatt v. City of Milford

The question posed by this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing the plaintiff Harry Hyatt’s action, brought pursuant to General Statutes § 31-300,1 seeking the recovery of a *442sum allegedly due the plaintiff from a compensation award previously rendered against the city of Mil*443ford.2 The trial court had dismissed the plaintiffs action for his failure to exhaust his administrative remedies.

The Appellate Court determined that the issue presented by the plaintiffs action was not simply the collection of a liquidated sum, as…