Connecticut Appellate Court Child Support Commissioner of Social Services v. Zarnetski - Family support magistrate dismissed petition for child support because the commissioner did not submit the putative father's acknowledgment of paternity that was executed in Massachusetts. Commissioner appealed to…
Connecticut Supreme Court Williams v. General Nutrition Centers, Inc. - Supreme Court addressed the question of how to determine the overtime pay rate for retail workers who are paid partly on an hourly basis and partly on a commission basis.…
Kellogg v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company - Trial court vacated an unrestricted arbitration award because it found the appraisal panel's valuation to be too low and that the appraisal panel had imposed depreciation when the policy did not. Supreme Court…
I started this blog with the noble idea of digesting every Connecticut Appellate Court and Supreme Court decision to make it easy for you busy practitioners to get the updates you need faster than doing it yourself. I bit off…
In this Connecticut appeal, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Trustee v. Thompson, the Appellate Court reversed the judgment of foreclosure because the trial court did not make any factual findings as to plaintiff's standing. Plaintiff alleged in the complaint that it…
In this Connecticut appeal (Levine v. 418 Meadow Street Associates, LLC), the Appellate Court concluded that technical deficiencies in the appeal form did not deprive it of jurisdiction. Plaintiff and her husband were the only members of the LLC, until…
The Connecticut appeal in Adler v. Rosenthal involved two lawyers who talked about starting a firm together. They got close enough to sign a "Preliminary Partnership Agreement" which set out draws and profit shares for the two members. They also…
In this Connecticut Appeal (Midland Funding, LLC v. Mitchell-James), the Appellate Court confirmed that there's a two part test for admitting computerized business records into evidence. Plaintiff claimed to have purchased defendant's credit card account from the card issuer, JPMorgan…
Some Connecticut appeals seem doomed to fail from the outset. The challenge to plaintiff's standing to foreclose in Property Asset Management, Inc. v. Lazarte is one of those. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment included an affidavit asserting that plaintiff received…
The Connecticut appeal in Tyler v. Tyler involved two brothers who were feuding over their mother's trust but teamed up against the attorney serving as trustee. The Appellate Court concluded that the brothers abandoned their claims against the trustee-attorney. The…
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