Connecticut Supreme Court Decisions 2022
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: SC20408
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of felony murder, with robbery in the third degree as the predicate felony and carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit, holding that…
Date: December 6, 2022
Docket Number: SC20438
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court with respect to the count of risk of injury to a child pertaining to one of the complainants and otherwise affirmed Defendant's conviction of several counts of…
Date: November 29, 2022
Docket Number: SC21003
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part Defendant's petition for review of the trial court's denial of his motion for modification of the $20 million bond that was set in connection with murder charges against him, holding…
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20367
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part Defendant's conviction for one count of arson in the first degree, eight counts of reckless endangerment in the first degree, and four counts of risk of injury to a…
Date: November 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20505
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court granting Defendant's motion to dismiss the product liability claim against it, holding that the trial court did not err in concluding that personal jurisdiction…
Date: November 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20495
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of intentional manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm, criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, and carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit, holding…
Date: November 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20235
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of sexual assault in the first degree and other crimes, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting into evidence…
Date: October 25, 2022
Docket Number: SC20437
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of two counts each of sexual assault in the first degree and unlawful restraint in the first degree and one count of assault in the second…
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: SC20520
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of three counts of custodial interference in the second degree, holding that Conn. Gen. Stat. 53a-98(a)(3) is not…
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: SC20571
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the trial court in favor of the town of Hamden in this tax dispute, holding that the appellate court correctly determined that the…
Date: October 18, 2022
Docket Number: SC20665
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court concluding that Plaintiff had failed to establish ownership of a disputed parcel of property by adverse possession but reversed the trial court's determination…
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: SC20447
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count each of felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, and carrying a pistol without a permit, holding that…
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: SC20459
Justia Opinion Summary: In this companion case to Brown v. Commissioner of Correction, __ A.3d __ (2022), which the Court also decided today, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the habeas…
Date: October 4, 2022
Docket Number: SC20474
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the appellate court dismissing Petitioner's appeal from the judgment of the superior court dismissing Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Practice…
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number: SC20518
Date: September 27, 2022
Docket Number: SC20518
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the appellate court reversing the judgment of the trial court finding that Defendant had discriminated against Plaintiff during the course of her employment by failing to…
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Number: SC20512
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of home invasion, burglary, and other crimes, holding that there was no error on the part of the trial court and that there was sufficient evidence to support Defendant's…
Date: September 20, 2022
Docket Numbers: SC20543, SC20544
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the appellate court reversing in part the judgment of the trial court in this action to recover damages for, among other things, breach of contract, and remanded this case with…
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: SC20442
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment the trial court convicting Defendant of murder, holding that a specific unanimity instruction was not required in this case. In…
Date: September 13, 2022
Docket Number: SC20511
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the trial court concluding that Defendant's allegedly defamatory statements about Plaintiff made during a hearing before the…
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number: SC20476
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction of murder and criminal possession of a firearm in connection with the death of his wife, holding that the prosecutor improperly commented on Defendant's invocation of his…
Date: September 6, 2022
Docket Number: SC20696
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing the appeal brought by the Board of Education of the City of New Haven after a human rights referee concluded that the Board had discriminated against…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: SC20498
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the appellate court reversing in part the judgment of the trial court in favor of Plaintiff in this personal injury action against a police officer and his employer,…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: SC20554
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of robbery in the first degree following the entry of his conditional plea of nolo contendere, holding that the prosecution…
Date: August 30, 2022
Docket Number: SC20555
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder and carrying a dangerous weapon, holding that there was no deprivation of Defendant's due process right to a fair trial in this case. On appeal, Defendant…
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number: SC20303
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that the State had demonstrated good cause to amend its information during trial and that Defendant's substantive rights would not be prejudiced…
Date: August 23, 2022
Docket Number: SC20550
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the appellate court upholding the trial court's denial of Defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of operating a motor vehicle while her license was under suspension,…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: SC20469
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and first degree assault, holding that the reversal of a codefendant's conviction does not necessitate the reversal of a…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: SC20536
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court dismissing Petitioner's appeal from the judgment of the habeas court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Petitioner failed to…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: SC20552
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of one count of conspiracy to sell narcotics and two counts of possession of narcotics with intent to sell, holding that…
Date: August 16, 2022
Docket Number: SC20570
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court upholding the trial court's determination affirming the decision of the Board of Review of The Employment Security Appeals Division that tattoo services are…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: SC20299
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of murder, assault in the first degree by means of the discharge of a firearm, and attempt to commit assault in the first degree by means of the discharge of a firearm,…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: SC20349
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. 53a-54a, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting evidence of uncharged misconduct, namely, two…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: SC20488
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of felony murder, robbery in the first degree, and other crimes, holding that any error in the trial court's failure to suppress evidence…
Date: August 9, 2022
Docket Number: SC20600
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the trial convicting Defendant of various crimes arising from five criminal cases, which included first degree robbery, second degree arson, and…
Date: August 2, 2022
Docket Number: SC20594
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court rendered primarily in favor of the Town of Colebrook in this municipal property tax appeal, holding that equipment associated with wind turbines should…
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC20335
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court on remand determining that Defendant had failed to establish that defense counsel, Kirstin Coffin, had a conflict of interest, holding that there was no…
Date: July 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC20513
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed as moot Defendant's appeal from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, holding that Defendant was not…
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: SC20537
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that a claim brought pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-557n(b)(8) is a "cause of action created by statute based on negligence" such that apportionment is allowed under Conn. Gen. Stat.…
Date: July 19, 2022
Docket Number: SC20579
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the appellate court's judgment reversing in part the decision of the Town Plan and Zoning Commission of the Town of Fairfield extending its approvals of a special permit and a coastal site plan…
Date: July 12, 2022
Docket Number: SC20385
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's pretrial motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute him within the five-year limitation period set forth in Conn. Gen. Stat. 54-193a, holding…
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: SC20406
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of sexual assault in the first degree, attempt to commit sexual assault in the first degree, and risk of injury to a child, holding that the…
Date: July 5, 2022
Docket Number: SC20671
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights as to her three children, holding that any violation of the children's alleged constitutional right on the part to…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: SC20516
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that the Home Improvement Act (Act), Conn. Gen. Stat. 20-418 et seq., did not apply to work performed by Defendant on Plaintiff's property,…
Date: June 28, 2022
Docket Number: SC20593
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court granting both Plaintiff's motion for modification of alimony and Defendant's postjudgment motion for contempt, which resulted in the trial court finding…
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: SC20539
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of murder, conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree, and other crimes, holding that…
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Numbers: SC20603, SC20604
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the trial court terminating Parents' parental rights pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. 17a-112(j), holding that Parents were not entitled to relief on their three unpreserved…
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: SC20612
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court, which vested permanent legal guardianship of Mother's minor child in a relative pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. 46b-129(j)(6), holding that there was no error or…
Date: June 21, 2022
Docket Number: SC20614
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court insofar as that court reversed the trial court's rulings on Parents' motions for posttermination visitation and affirmed the judgment insofar as the…
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: SC20348
Justia Opinion Summary: Convicted of murder in connection with a shooting death during a drug transaction, Ortiz challenged the prosecutor’s response, in rebuttal, to defense statements (made contrary to a pre-trial agreement) that, if the jury…
Date: June 14, 2022
Docket Number: SC20517
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's judgment convicting Defendant of one count of murder, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on any of his allegations…
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: SC20316
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of felony murder, attempt to commit robbery in the first degree, and other offenses, holding that the trial court did not err in denying Defendant's motion for a new…
Date: June 7, 2022
Docket Number: SC20607
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court accepted and answered two certified questions of law regarding whether Plaintiff's claims pursuant to the Connecticut Product Liability Act (CPLA), Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-572m et seq., were preempted by…
Date: May 31, 2022
Docket Number: SC20314
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of home invasion, attempt to commit assault, reckless endangerment in the first degree, and two counts of risk of injury to a child, holding that Defendant was not…
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: SC20526
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court finding Plaintiffs responsible for failing to complete a project by the parties' agreed-upon deadline and awarding Defendant $335,000 in liquidated damages on…
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: SC20553
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the habeas court dismissing Petitioner's second petition for a writ of habeas corpus following its determination that Petitioner had…
Date: May 24, 2022
Docket Number: SC20563
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part the judgment of the trial court dismissing in part and denying in part Defendant's two motions to correct an illegal sentence, one filed in each of his two criminal cases, holding that…
Date: May 17, 2022
Docket Number: SC20591
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the habeas court granting Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus after determining that Petitioner had suffered prejudice as a result of the ineffective assistance of…
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: SC20306
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of murder and carrying a pistol without a permit, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion in the proceedings below. On…
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: SC20528
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court accepting Defendant's plea of nolo contendere to robbery in the first degree and assault in the first degree and sentencing Defendant to an aggregate sentence of…
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: SC20572
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court exercised its supervisory authority to require that a trial court either canvass the defendant or, in certain circumstances, inquire of defense counsel directly to determine whether the defendant was…
Date: May 10, 2022
Docket Number: SC20625
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court awarding Plaintiff $200,309 in damages for Defendants' breach of a lease agreement, holding that the trial court improperly allocated the burden of proof…
Date: May 3, 2022
Docket Number: SC20522
Justia Opinion Summary: In this personal injury action, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court reversing the judgment of the trial court granting the joint motion for additurs filed by Plaintiffs and awarding each…
Date: May 3, 2022
Docket Number: SC20598
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to open the judgment in this marital dissolution case on the basis of fraud, holding…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC20514
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the trial court in this case arising from allegations of sexual harassment brought by the complainant, a judicial marshal who was employed by the…
Date: April 26, 2022
Docket Number: SC20580
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court reversing the decision of the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners ordering the issuance of a pistol permit to Defendant, holding that the Board did not abuse its…
Date: April 19, 2022
Docket Number: SC20430
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the decision of the habeas court dismissing Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus as barred by a procedural default, holding that…
Date: April 19, 2022
Docket Number: SC20574
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court in this action alleging housing discrimination, holding that the court's ultimate conclusion as to liability on the facts of this case was clearly…
Date: April 12, 2022
Docket Number: SC20462
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of murder, holding that the appellate court did not err. On appeal, the appellate court concluded that the trial court had…
Date: April 12, 2022
Docket Number: SC20561
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the habeas court denying in part Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the habeas court correctly concluded that Petitioner did not demonstrate that he…
Date: April 12, 2022
Docket Number: SC20562
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court awarding damages in favor of Plaintiff in this action seeking compensatory and punitive damages for breach of a partnership agreement, breach of…
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: SC20541
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's dismissal of this appeal from the decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Bethel denying Plaintiffs'…
Date: April 5, 2022
Docket Number: SC20624
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights, holding that Mother was not entitled to relief on any of her claims of error. The Commissioner of Children and Families…
Date: March 29, 2022
Docket Number: SC20368
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of felony murder and other crimes, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion in the proceedings below. Specifically, the…
Date: March 29, 2022
Docket Number: SC20376
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the appellate court reversing Defendant's convictions for intentional manslaughter, reckless manslaughter, and criminally negligent operation of a motor vehicle, holding…
Date: March 29, 2022
Docket Number: SC20496
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court reversing the judgments of the trial court revoking Defendant's probation pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. 53a.32, holding that Defendant's conduct leading to…
Date: March 29, 2022
Docket Number: SC20556
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing Plaintiff's claims against Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, holding that there was no error. Plaintiff brought this lawsuit based on a…
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20332
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of sexual assault in the first and fourth degree, attempt to commit sexual assault in the first degree, and two counts of risk of injury to…
Date: March 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20446
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that Defendant's confrontation rights were not violated by the admission into evidence of a codefendant's dual inculpatory statement to a fellow…
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20578
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20578
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court sustaining Plaintiffs' appeal from a determination of the Board of Representatives of the City of Stamford approving a protest petition that objected to master…
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20595
Date: March 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20595
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court sustaining Plaintiff's appeal from the decision of the Board of Representatives of the City of Stamford rejecting a zoning amendment approved by the Zoning Board…
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20605
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in this divorce proceeding, holding that there was no error. Plaintiff brought this divorce action, and the the trial court declared a mistrial. After a second…
Date: March 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20613
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal from the trial court's judgment dismissing Mother's post-termination motion to intervene in her biological daughter Riley's juvenile case to obtain an order for visitation, holding…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20174
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of murder and criminal possession of a pistol or revolver, holding that any error in the proceedings below was harmless. Specifically, the…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20211
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court amended section 7-3(a) to the Connecticut Code of Evidence to incorporate an exception for testimony relating to the identification of persons depicted in surveillance video or photographs and affirmed…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20559
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of two counts of assault in the second degree, holding that the trial court did not commit reversible error. Specifically, the Supreme…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20560
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing Plaintiff's appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Banking revoking Plaintiff's license to serve as a mortgage lender in the state, holding…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20577
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the motion of the trial court denying the State's motion to dismiss this medical malpractice action on the basis of sovereign immunity, holding that the trial court did not err. James Caverly…
Date: March 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20586
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered a question certified to the Supreme Court by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in this declaratory judgment action by holding that Defendant's plea of nolo…
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20280
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's determination that Susan D. Elia could not create an irrevocable trust on her own behalf while she was under a voluntary…
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20414
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court reversing the judgment of the trial court and concluding that a genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether Plaintiff's action was barred by the…
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20531
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that the trial court abused its discretion by denying Defendant's motion to…
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20532
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing Appellants' administrative appeal from a declaratory ruling of the Connecticut State Employees Retirement Commission, holding that the trial court…
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20538
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court dismissing the appeal of the decision of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities finding that Defendants - Edge Fitness and Club Fitness - did not…
Date: February 22, 2022
Docket Number: SC20590
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that a spouse seeking pendente lite alimony, attorney’s fees, and expert fees during the pendency of a dissolution action must demonstrate that a postnuptial agreement that purportedly precludes…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20403
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment in favor of Defendant Theresa Virgulak in this action brought by Plaintiff, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, holding that…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20422
Justia Opinion Summary: In this action arising from an explosion at a power generating facility under construction in Middletown the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in favor of Defendants with respect to Plaintiffs'…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20451
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court granting Insured's application to compel appraisal with regard to a dispute as to the extent of Insurer's replacement obligation under Con. Gen. Stat.…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20455
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in favor of Defendants in this action alleging that Boston Scientific Corporation's sale of its Obtryx Transobturator Mid-Urethral Sling System (Obtryx) violated…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20478
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court reversing the judgment of the trial court granting Plaintiffs' request for a permanent injunction prohibiting Defendants, Madison Beach Hotel, LLC and…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20482
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's petition for certification to appeal the appellate court's dismissal of his appeal from the judgment of the habeas court declining to issue a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20529
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court concluding that the accidental failure of suit statute, Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-592, did not save the otherwise time-barred action of Plaintiff, executrix of the…
Date: February 15, 2022
Docket Number: SC20601
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court determining that Defendant had engaged in criminal conduct while he was on probation by possessing a firearm that was capable of discharging a shot and thus…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20194
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's judgment of strict foreclosure, holding that the appellate court erred in holding that noncompliance with federal Department of…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20268
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm, holding that the trial court did not err or abuse its discretion. During his…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20432
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court concluding that enforcement of the prenuptial agreement between the parties was not unconscionable, with one exception, holding that the trial court did not err…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20461
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of felony murder, holding that there was no error. On appeal, Defendant argued that the trial court erred in admitting…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20485
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the appellate court reversing the judgment of the habeas court granting Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Petitioner failed to satisfy his burden…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20491
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court affirming the judgment of the probate court that Peter Ziegler's Yellow Submarine Trust was a permissible appointee, holding that an unfunded charitable trust is…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20501
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal concerning the conditions under which a member of a manager-managed limited liability company (LLC) is permitted to inspect the LLC's books and records the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20534
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court ordering a foreclosure by sale as to two parcels of land owned by Defendants and secured by a blanket mortgage given to Plaintiff, holding that there was no error…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20535
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court remanding this case to the trial court with direction to render judgment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiff's negligence claim that had previously been the…
Date: February 8, 2022
Docket Number: SC20596
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the trial court denying Plaintiff's application for a civil protection order, holding that Plaintiff's claims on appeal lacked merit. At issue before the Supreme Court was the…
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20336
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of manslaughter in the first degree, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting certain evidence. During trial…
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20401
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's judgment resentencing Defendant for crimes he committed when he was seventeen years old, holding that Conn. Gen. Stat. 54-91g did…
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20427
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's dismissal of Defendant's motion to correct a sentence imposed in an illegal manner, holding that the appellate court erred in…
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20450
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's judgments following Defendant's conditional pleas of nolo contendere to charges of sale of a controlled substance and violation…
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20471
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court granting Defendant's motion to dismiss the information against him, holding that the trial court did not err in concluding that the statute of limitations was…
Date: February 1, 2022
Docket Number: SC20549
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing Appellants' appeal from the decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Shelton approving an application for a planned development…
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: SC20429
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of four counts of patronizing a prostitute and one count of trafficking in persons as an accessory, holding that the state presented…
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: SC20492
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's dismissal of the statutory theft claim Plaintiff brought against Defendant for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the ground…
Date: January 25, 2022
Docket Number: SC20587
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the appellate court reversing in part the judgment of the trial court in favor of Plaintiffs, the town of South Windsor and its zoning enforcement officer and remanding…
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: SC20464
Date: January 18, 2022
Docket Number: SC20464
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing Plaintiff's administrative appeal from the decision of the Connecticut Siting Council approving the application of NTE Connecticut, LLC (NTE) seeking…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC20246
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction, holding that the warrantless canine sniff conducted by law enforcement officers of the exterior door to a motel room for…
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC20473
Date: January 11, 2022
Docket Number: SC20473
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court seeking to enforce a California judgment or, alternatively, to recover under the theories of breach of contract or quantum meruit, holding that the trial court…
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: SC20192
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder and carrying a pistol without a permit, holding that while evidence regarding a defendant's gang affiliation may prejudice a jury against a defendant, there was…
Date: January 4, 2022
Docket Number: SC20351
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of two counts of murder, holding that Defendant was entitled to relief on her argument that no rational finder of fact reasonably could have rejected her insanity defense…
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