Legal Opinion
Kolaniak v. Board of Education
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 14, 1992No. 10204PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLavery, J.
The defendants1 appeal from the judgment rendered, after a jury trial, awarding $67,000 to the plaintiff. On appeal, the defendants claim that the trial court improperly charged the jury in that it failed to instruct on (1) the special defense of governmental immunity, (2) the status of the plaintiff while present on school property, and (3) the duty and standard of care the defendants owed to the plaintiff. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The jury could reasonably have found the following facts. The plaintiff was a student in an adult education program for which classes were held…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Shore v. Town of StoningtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Evon v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Sestito v. City of GrotonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Gauvin v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Romano v. City of DerbyConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
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