Sestero v. Town of Glastonbury

In this action the plaintiff seeks damages against the town of Glastonbury, the board of education of the town of Glastonbury, and a teacher employed in the Glastonbury schools. The plaintiff, a pupil in a Glastonbury elementary school, claims to have sustained injuries during a school recess as the result of a push by classmates which caused him to fall on the school playground. The defendant town pleaded in abatement that in the maintenance and management of public schools the town board of education is the agent of the state and not of the town. The defendant board of education has…