Tyson v. Sullivan

Opinion

FOTI, J.

The defendant James F. Sullivan,1 the commissioner of transportation, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss count one of the plaintiffs complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.2 The defendant claims that the court improperly concluded that sovereign immunity did not deny the court subject matter jurisdiction because (1) the plaintiffs action fell within the scope of the state highway defect statute, General Statutes § 13a-144,3 and (2) the *599plaintiffs statutorily required notice of claim was not patently defective in its description of his…