Supreme Court of Connecticut May 18, 1982 (Gauvin v. City of New Haven)

Armentano, J.

This appeal raises the issue of whether a municipality must specially plead governmental immunity to merit its consideration as a defense to an action alleging the negligent operation of a city park.

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One of the fingers in the plaintiff’s dominant hand was broken when a link in a chain supporting a playground swing on which he was sitting broke.