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SARAH COE ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN ET AL. (SC 18433)
Rogers, C. J., and Norcott, Palmer, Zarella, McLachlan and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued March 16--officially released June 7, 2011

John R. Logan, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Joseph M. Busher, Jr., with whom was Kathryn M. Cunningham, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

Opinion

PER CURIAM. The plaintiffs, Sarah Coe (Coe) and Mary Ellen Coe, brought this action against the defendants,1 the board of education of the town of Watertown (board), the town of Watertown (town), and Theresa Gregoire and Mary Jean Mangione, teachers employed by the board, claiming that, as the result of the defendants' negligence, Coe had severely injured her foot at a school dance sponsored by the board. The defendants filed a motion to strike the claims against them on the ground that the negligence claims against the town and the board were barred by the doctrine of governmental immunity and did not come within the scope of the statutory waiver of governmental immunity set forth in General Statutes

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