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State Courts -
Connecticut - August 7, 2008
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Byrne v. Grasso, TTDCV065000449S,
SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TOLLAND AT ROCKVILLE, August 7, 2008, Decided, August 7, 2008, Filed
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Overview: A law client could not prove his legal malpractice claim, arising from an attorney's representation in a probate matter, as expert evidence was required to determine the scope of the representation and causation based on Conn. Gen. Stat. ¿ 45a-294(a), and such expert testimony had been precluded under Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. ¿ 13-4.
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Fusco v. Middlesex Mut. Assur. Co., CV075011691S,
SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN AT NEW HAVEN, August 7, 2008, Decided, August 7, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Trial court granted insured's motion for articulation; insurer's blanket, formulaic responses to insured's requests for admissions in auto accident case to effect that insurer lacked information to admit or deny was insufficient under Conn. Gen. Prac. Book, R. Super. Ct. ¿ 13-23(a) to allow evaluation of reasonableness of inquiry insurer performed.
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Iovanna v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, CV074006832,
SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NEW LONDON AT NEW LONDON, August 7, 2008, Decided, August 7, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Municipal estoppel was properly applied in an appeal of a zoning enforcement officer's issuance of a cease and desist order regarding a property owner's construction of a residence, based on the erroneous issuance of a building permit, as the owner properly relied thereon and compliance would have resulted in a substantial loss to the owner.
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North Haven Constr. Co. v. Banton Constr. Co., CV990427298,
SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN AT NEW HAVEN, August 7, 2008, Decided, August 7, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Where the court could not determine whether a subcontractor's notices were timely because the date the general contractor received a corresponding payment was a disputed issue of fact, an evidentiary hearing was required to determine whether the one year limitations period of Conn. Gen. Stat. ¿ 49-42 had run and barred the subcontractor's claim.
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Voris v. Middlesex Mut. Assur. Co., CV074008029S,
SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF DANBURY AT DANBURY, August 7, 2008, Decided, August 7, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Insureds lost their right to file a claim for underinsured motorist benefits when they waited more than three years after date of an automobile accident to inform their insurer they would be filing a claim. The court rejected insureds' claim that Conn. Gen. Stat. ¿ 38a-366(g)(1), the statute upon which their policy was based, was unconstitutional.
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Wahba v. Planning & Zoning Bd. of Appeals, FSTCV074012075S,
SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF STAMFORD-NORWALK AT STAMFORD, August 7, 2008, Decided, August 7, 2008, Filed
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Overview: Objector's appeal from the approval of an application for a subdivision was dismissed because a separate application form for coastal area review under Conn. Gen. Stat. ¿ 22a-105 was not required and the application was reviewed and decided based upon considerations under the Connecticut Coastal Management Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. ¿ 22a-90 et seq.
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