Supreme Court of Connecticut
Graham v. Friedlander
February 4, 2020334 Conn. 564
Summary
The court held that the plaintiffs’ state-law negligent hiring and supervision claims did not seek relief for the denial of a free appropriate public education and therefore were not subject to administrative exhaustion. It also held that the local board of education and its members were acting under municipal, rather than state, control in hiring and supervising service providers, so sovereign immunity did not bar the claims. The judgment was reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings.