Anderson v. State, No. Cv 99 0594481s (Mar. 10, 2000)

The Plaintiff Hector Anderson brings this negligence action against the Defendant State of Connecticut and two of its officials, John Armstrong, Commissioner of Corrections, and Evelyn Bush, Warden of the Manson Youth Institution.1 The Plaintiff alleges that he was injured while exiting from a parked prisoner transport vehicle.

The Defendants have moved to dismiss this action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. A motion to dismiss is the procedurally proper method to raise this issue. Practice Book §§ 10-31 and 10-33.

In ruling on a motion to…