Herbert Hicks v. State of Connecticut

Summary

The court held that the state's statutory waiver of sovereign immunity for damages arising from a state employee's negligent operation of a state-owned and insured vehicle does not waive immunity from postjudgment interest. Because neither the vehicle-liability statute nor the postjudgment-interest statute clearly and unequivocally authorizes such interest against the state, the court reversed and remanded with direction to deny the interest motion.