A Connecticut appeal confirms that contractors do not have to strictly comply with the Home Improvement Act. The advance release opinion becomes official on March 1, 2016. The homeowners in Ippolito v. Olympic Construction, LLC hired a contractor to repair…
The appeal in Salisbury Bank & Trust Co. v. Christophersen involved two adjacent undeveloped parcels of waterfront property in Westport. Defendant borrowed money from plaintiff against the properties, planning to repay the debt when he sold them. Defendant defaulted and…
In an advance release opinion issued February 29, 2016, the Connecticut Appellate Court concluded that the new anti perpetual motion machine rule concerning appellate stays in foreclosure cases required it to dismiss the borrower's appeal. The first law day in…
The Connecticut Appellate Court dismissed an appeal because the appellant, who was not a party to the underlying judgment, lacked standing. The appellant in M.U.N. Capital, LLC v. National Hall Properties, LLC, an advance release opinion to be officially released…
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…
The issuing state's law governs child support duration where a party seeks to modify the child support order in another state. The Connecticut Supreme Court reached this conclusion in Studer v. Studer to be officially released on February 23, 2016. In this…
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…
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…
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…
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