Town Shielded by Governmental Immunity in Slip and Fall Case at Hockey Rink

A Connecticut state court judge has ruled that the Town of Hamden, owner of a hockey rink where a mom attending her son’s game was injured, is entitled to governmental immunity, thus dismissing the mom’s lawsuit. In so ruling, the court found that the defendant was “engaging in a governmental function while performing the acts and omissions complained of by the plaintiff.”   The incident occurred when the plaintiff tripped and fell over a pothole in the parking lot of the ice rink.