Dobie v. City of New Haven, 346 Conn. 487 (2023)
Connecticut Supreme Court decision affirming the Appellate Court’s ruling in Dobie v. City of New Haven, 204 Conn. App. 583 (2021) directing the entry of judgment in favor of the City, finding that the alleged negligent act of City’s snowplow operator in knocking off a manhole cover while plowing moments before the plaintiff drove into the manhole constituted a “highway defect,” thereby making Connecticut General Statutes § 13a-149, the Highway Defect Statute, the plaintiff’s exclusive remedy for injuries alleged.
Dobie v. City of New Haven, 346 Conn. 487 (2023) Dobie v. City of New Haven, 204 Conn. App. 583 (2021)