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· 12/29/1981

McKinley v. Musshorn

Citations

  • 185 Conn. 616
  • 441 A.2d 600
  • 1981 Conn. LEXIS 638

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “General Statutes § 4-165 was intended to grant state employees immunity”
  • “when general and specific statutes conflict they should be harmoniously construed so the more specific statute controls”
  • waiver of sovereign immunity under General Statutes § 4-165 \is discretionary with the claims commissioner\
  • waiver of sovereign immunity under General Statutes § 4-165 \is discretionary with the claims commissioner\
  • the legislature is presumed to have acted in light of existing relevant statutes and with the intent of creating a consistent body of law
  • statutes waiving government immunity must be strictly construed

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Judges: Abmentako, Speziale, Peters, Healey, Parskey, Armentano

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