Cummings v. Department of Transportation

Opinion

ESPINOSA, J.

The plaintiff Michael Cummings commenced this action against the defendant, the department of transportation, to recover money damages under Connecticut’s highway defect statute, General Statutes § lSa-144.1 The defendant appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying its motion to dismiss and/or for summary judgment. The defendant claims that (1) the plaintiffs action should have been dismissed on jurisdictional grounds because the allegations in the *845plaintiffs complaint were insufficient to state a cause of action under § 13a-144 and (2) it was entitled to judgment…