Supreme Court of Connecticut· 5/30/1989

Skinner v. Angliker

Citations

211 Conn. 370
559 A.2d 701
1989 Conn. LEXIS 147

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noting legislature’s waiver of state’s immunity under General Statutes § 31-51g for employer’s discharge of employee exercising constitutional rights
affirming the decision to grant the defendants' motion to strike the case from the jury list
no right to trial by jury where cause of action against state for wrongful discharge would have been barred under common law by sovereign immunity
right to jury trial extends to statutory proceedings if issues were triable to jury prior to enactment of constitutional provision
“When the state, by statute, waives its immunity to suit . . . the right to a jury trial cannot be implied, but rather, must be affirmatively expressed.”

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Judges: Callahan

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