The Connecticut Supreme Court has dismissed two lawsuits that were brought against the state by victims of the 2005 fiery crash at the bottom of Avon Mountain that killed four people and injured 19 others.
The plaintiffs alleged that the hilly portion of Route 44 where the accident occurred was designed so that the road was dangerously steep and lacked adequate safety measures. However, the justices ruled that the alleged poor design of the road and lack of warning signs and other safety measures did not make the roadway “defective” under Connecticut’s highway defect statute.
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