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Family of Amanda Monnington seeks court review after claims commissioner denies permission to sue in Enders State Forest death
Summary
Family counsel told the Judiciary Committee the state should be allowed to be sued after a 2013 fall at Enders State Forest that killed a 15-year-old, arguing the incident fits the exception to recreational-land-use immunity; the committee heard about inconsistent prior commission decisions.
HARTFORD — Attorneys for the estate of 15-year-old Amanda Monnington asked the Judiciary Committee on March 28 to allow their claim to proceed to superior court after the claims commissioner denied permission to sue the state for injuries that led to Monnington’s death.
Attorney Jack (John) Dolan said the claim arises from Monnington’s June 1, 2013 fall from the top of a waterfall in Enders State Forest in Granby. The family says the state had notice of similar incidents at the same location and “did absolutely nothing to warn or guard against visitors continuing to use this trail.” Dolan told the committee that the state’s repeated awareness of prior falls distinguishes the case from routine recreational incidents.
“Even if [the recreation…
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