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…
A city can demolish a building in an emergency without paying compensation, according to a Connecticut appeal to be officially released on February 23, 2016. The plaintiff in Edgewood Street Garden Apartments, LLC v. Hartford owned a building that was constructed…
A city inversely condemned a commercial building when it took the parking lot that served it, according to the Connecticut Appellate Court in Barton v. Norwalk, to be officially released on February 23, 2016. In this appeal, plaintiff had purchased…
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…
Affordable housing trumps local law, according to the Connecticut Appellate Court's decision in Brenmor Properties, LLC v. Planning and Zoning Commission, to be officially released on February 2, 2016. The main issue in this relatively long opinion surrounded an interior road…
A municipal parking lot is not a nuisance in and of itself, even if it is right next to your house. The Connecticut Appellate Court came to this conclusion in Perry v. Putnam, which will be officially released on February…
A release of lis pendens is not available for the asking. I know that sounds too obvious to require the Connecticut Appellate Court's attention but it's really the only thing worth mentioning about the opinion in Levinson v. Lawrence, to…
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