An attorney who violates the contingency fee statute cannot recover in quantum meruit. The Connecticut Appellate Court reached this conclusion in Parnoff v. Yuille, to be officially released on February 23, 2016. Plaintiff and defendant entered into a contingent fee…
A summary judgment movant must demonstrate the absence of any fact issue before the opponent must do anything, according to the Connecticut Appellate Court's opinion in Capasso v. Christmann, to be officially released on February 23, 2016. In this Connecticut…
The Connecticut Appellate Court concluded that a defamatory statement must be specially alleged in the complaint to be considered on summary judgment. In this Connecticut appeal, Stevens v. Carlton Hemming, to be officially released on February 23, 2016, defendants were appointed receiver…
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 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…
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'…
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…
A default judgment was not void despite procedural irregularities in obtaining it. Nor was the judgment inconsistent with the relief requested in the complaint. Before you jump to any conclusions about that first sentence, yes, a default judgment and a judgment…
An appeal requires a record. Lawyers should know that. But it's understandable that the self-represented plaintiff in Lazzari v. The Stop and Shop Supermarket Company, LLC did not. Plaintiff claimed that he was injured at work and filed for workers'…
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