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   State Courts - Connecticut - March 6, 2007

  
Porter v. City of Waterbury, CV040185352S, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, AT WATERBURY, March 6, 2007, Decided
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Scruggs v. Caba, 54003125, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NEW LONDON, AT NEW LONDON, March 6, 2007, Decided , March 6, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Although there was no written agreement to sell a dog, the owners failed to prove any ascertainable damages supporting their claim for conversion under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-564; nevertheless, the owners were deemed to be the dog's lawful owners and were entitled to immediate and continued possession.

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Sivacek-Guzman v. Porter & Chester Inst., CV044001338S, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, AT WATERBURY, March 6, 2007, Decided , March 6, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Trial court entered judgment in favor of a student in her breach of contract action against an institute because the specific courses in computer electronics which she bargained for were never offered to her by the institute, and she never received promised instruction from the institute for 320-clock hours of computer electronics.

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Smead v. Smead, FA940122885S, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, AT WATERBURY, March 6, 2007, Decided , March 6, 2007, Filed
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Overview: Father was found in contempt of a court order to pay his share of accumulated unreimbursed medical and dental expenses for his three minor children because, inter alia, he did not claim to have paid any of the amounts in question, and he showed no prejudice to himself from the mother's delay in requesting payment.

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State v. Durant, SC 17652, SUPREME COURT OF CONNECTICUT, March 6, 2007, Officially Released
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Overview: Because burden in a probation violation proceeding, proof by a preponderance of evidence, was less than the proof beyond a reasonable doubt standard employed in defendant's underlying criminal trial, even though defendant was acquitted of the underlying crime, revocation of probation pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-32(a) was still proper.

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State v. Hunter, AC 27169, APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, March 6, 2007, Officially Released
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Overview: Defendant's conviction for assault was affirmed as there was sufficient evidence that defendant did not act in self-defense under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-19(a). Defendant came at victim with wrench, placing victim in fear of bodily harm, after struggle ensued, defendant picked up knife and thrust it at victim, and he bit victim during struggle.

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Steyaert v. Lauretti, CV055001168S, SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD, AT HARTFORD, March 6, 2007, Decided , March 6, 2007, Filed
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Overview: In a dog bite case, summary judgment could not be granted to plaintiff or landlords because material issues of fact existed as to whether the landlords allowed the dog to roam in common areas.

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Timber Trails Assocs. v. Planning & Zoning Comm'n , AC 26836, APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, March 6, 2007, Officially Released
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Overview: Trial court properly dismissed an action by property owners challenging the action of a town's zoning commission in adopting amendments to the zoning regulations, as the adoption of the amendments was not arbitrary, illegal, and an abuse of discretion, because the amendments furthered the goal of preserving the town's water supply.

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Travelers Prop. & Cas. Co. v. Christie, AC 26080, APPELLATE COURT OF CONNECTICUT, March 6, 2007, Officially Released
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Overview: Trial court's award to an appraiser in an interpleader action was reversed, because the law did not prohibit allowing appellant to examine documents concerning the appraiser's fee during trial merely because appellant, who acted pro se, did not previously request the documents through the pretrial discovery procedures.

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Vine v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals , SC 17619, SC 17620, SUPREME COURT OF CONNECTICUT, March 6, 2007, Officially Released
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Overview: Appellate court erred in reversing a zoning board's decision to grant a variance pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-6 to allow a construction company to convert three lots into two lots, as a utility easement prevented the building of three houses, and granting the variance increased the buildable area, and thus reduced the nonconforming use.

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