The state can charge MERS higher recording fees than other mortgagees according to the Connecticut Supreme Court decision in MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. v. Malloy, to be officially released on February 23, 2016. In this Connecticut Appeal, MERS attacked the constitutionality…
A buyer loses his deposit when he declines a mortgage contingency clause and then doesn't obtain financing that he likes, according to a Connecticut Appellate Court opinion to be officially released on February 16, 2016. In Tsiropoulos v. Radigan, plaintiff…
A plaintiff has no absolute right to withdraw and restart an action. The Connecticut Appellate Court reached this conclusion, and spoke about some other interesting procedural topics, in Palumbo v. Barbadimos, to be officially released on February 16, 2016. Plaintiff…
The Connecticut Appellate Court concluded that a child's uninsured medical expenses were not "unreimbursed" for purposes of a child support order where someone other than a parent paid them. In Schull v. Schull, the parties were under court orders to…
Nonsuit for untimely sanction payment reversed in a Connecticut Appellate Court decision to be officially released on February 9, 2016. In Herrick v. The Monkey Farm Cafe, LLC, plaintiff sought recovery for injuries he sustained in a fight outside defendants'…
Standing is slippery subject matter, as made clear in the Connecticut Appellate Court's decision in R.S. Silver Enterprises, Inc. v. Pascarella, to be officially released on February 9, 2016. The essence of this dispute was that plaintiff, a real estate…
There would be no change in child custody where the facts did not show a material change in circumstances. In Clougherty v. Clougherty, the Connecticut Appellate Court declined to modify the trial court's custody order because certain of the claimed…
A buyer's broker earned its commission where it substantially complied with the statute prescribing the requisites of an enforceable broker contract and it would have been inequitable to deny the commission. The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld the trial court's award of the…
There can be no zoning variance absent practical confiscation of the property. The Connecticut Supreme Court determined in Caruso v. Zoning Board of Appeals that land use regulations for a regional development zone did not result in a practical confiscation of a…
No separate claim is required for worker's compensation survivor benefits, according to a Connecticut Supreme Court opinion to be officially released on February 2, 2016. In McCullough v. Swan Engraving, Inc., two years after he left the job, the employee…
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