Connecticut Supreme Court Decisions 2023

Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Alico, LLC, a Massachusetts-based company with offices in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. The company's vehicles, used for business, were registered in Massachusetts, and taxes were paid in that…

Justia Opinion Summary: In the State of Connecticut, the petitioner, who was convicted of felony murder and other crimes, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in 2018, more than five years after his conviction was deemed final. The…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of one count of sexual assault in the first degree and two counts of risk of injury to a child, holding that Defendant was not entitled to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court in favor of Defendant Barbara Lembo in this action brought by beneficiaries of an inter vivos trust and their mother alleging that Defendant breached her…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court determining that the State Board of Labor Relations did not act unreasonably, illegally, arbitrarily, or in abuse of its discretion when it applied the clear…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Plaintiff's application to vacate an arbitration award rendered in favor of Defendant and granting Defendant's motion to confirm the award, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court awarding damages to Companions and Homemakers, Inc. for tortious interference with contractual and business relations and a violation of the Connecticut Unfair…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that enforcement of in terrorem, or no-contest, clauses in the decedent's will and trust agreement against Defendant would violate public policy,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the trial court finding Defendant guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, criminal possession of a firearm, and possession of a weapon in a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that the trial court lost jurisdiction when it dismissed Defendant's pending criminal charges and, therefore, was without jurisdiction to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of one count of sexual assault in the first degree and two counts of risk of injury to a child, holding that Defendant was not entitled to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dissolving Plaintiff's marriage to Defendant, holding that Plaintiff was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error. At issue in this case was the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court ordering the disclosure of a redacted version of a police report created by the police department at the Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of risk of injury to a child, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error. On appeal,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that No. 17-4, 1 of the 2017 Special Acts (S.A. 17-4) was an unconstitutional public emolument in violation of Conn. Const. Art. I, 1 because it…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying the State's motion to dismiss the second count of the complaint filed by Celine Escobar-Santana (Celine) and her son Emmett Escobar-Santana (Emmett),…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the trial court in his wrongful death action filed by the daughter of the decedent and the executor of her estate, holding that the trial court…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case determining the scope of immunity afforded by Executive Order No. 7V, as it related to acts or omissions undertaken in good faith by health care professionals and health care facilities because of an alleged…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing Plaintiff's action for a writ of mandamus ordering Defendant, the chief court reporter for the judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk, to produce…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this action to foreclose on a mortgage on Defendant's real property, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court upholding the decision of the trial court to grant a motion for a protective order…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the habeas court granting Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the habeas court erred when it determined that trial counsel for Petitioner rendered…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal concerning the state's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (EMAP), Conn. Gen. Stat. 8-265cc through 8-265kk, which is designed to assist homeowners in avoiding foreclosure, the Supreme Court concluded…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court upholding the trial court's denial of Defendant's motion for remittitur in this wrongful termination action, holding that the appellate court did not err in…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court in favor of the Town of Bloomfield, the Bloomfield Police Department, and one of its police officers, in this personal injury action, holding that the defense of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court dismissing Petitioner's appeal, holding that unpreserved claims challenging the habeas court's handling of the habeas proceeding are reviewable under the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the superior court dismissing for lack of jurisdiction High Watch Recovery Center, Inc.'s administrative appeal challenging the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the trial court granting Mother's motion to reinstate her guardianship rights with respect to Child, holding that the trial court…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that there was not substantial record evidence to support the determination of the presiding human rights referee's determination of intentional…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case regarding the "homestead act," Public Acts 1993, No. 93-301, 2 (P.A. 93-301), and involving a certified question in a bankruptcy appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights as to his minor child (Child), holding that the trial court did not violate Father's right to adequate notice when it…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of burglary in the second degree, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on his allegations of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction for the sale of a narcotic substance in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. 21a-277(a), holding that Defendant was not entitled to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) establishing a regulatory framework for a certain renewable energy product, holding that the trial court correctly correctly…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court reversing the trial court's judgment of strict foreclosure rendered against Defendant on the basis that Practice Book 23-18(a) did not apply as a matter of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dismissing the appeal brought by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities in this housing discrimination case, holding that this Court was compelled to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that absolute immunity attaches to statements made in judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings and that while Jane Doe was not entitled to absolute immunity, a qualified privilege is appropriate for…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the decision of the Compensation Review Board upholding the finding and award of the Workers' Compensation Commissioner for the Second Districting…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this case concerning various statutory provisions governing the absentee ballot process the Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the trial court denying Plaintiff's action pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. 9-328 against…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that a trial court can properly consider conduct related to a charge of which a criminal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court declining to pierce Sebastian Holdings, Inc.'s (SHI) corporate veil and to hold Alexander Vik, SHI's sole shareholder and director, jointly and severally liable…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this interlocutory appeal in which Defendant argued that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss because the State intentionally had delayed the prosecution in violation of his…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court dismissing Defendants' appeals from the order of the trial court denying their specials motions to dismiss the underlying civil action brought against them…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court transferred this appeal to the appellate court for further proceedings, holding that the trial court erred in denying Defendants' special motion to dismiss the action under Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-196a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Plaintiffs' pending motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of a final judgment and transferred the case to the appellate court for further proceedings, holding that Defendant asserted a colorable…

Justia Opinion Summary: In these actions to recover underinsured motorist benefits allegedly due under certain automobile insurance coverage provided by the State pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement the Supreme Court held that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court reversing the judgment of the trial court in favor of Plaintiff in this negligence action, holding that the appellate court properly concluded that the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of employing a minor in an obscene performance in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. 53a-196a, sexual assault in the first degree, and other…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered a certified question of law concerning the applicability of Conn. Gen. Stat. 53-37 to this case, concluding that section 53-37 did not apply because Plaintiff's complaint did not allege any…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgments of the appellate court determining that the four exclusive commercial real estate listing agreements at issue in this case were unenforceable, holding that the appellate court…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the appellate court affirming the order of the superior court granting Defendant's motion for summary judgment as to the first count of Plaintiff's complaint in this action to…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the trial court's granting of a motion to dismiss filed by Defendant, the Archdiocese of Hartford, on the grounds that Plaintiffs lacked standing…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion in the proceedings below. At issue before the jury in this case was to decide whether to credit the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court reversing Defendant's conviction following her conditional plea of nolo contendere to the charge of possession of narcotics with intent to sell, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court upholding Defendant's conviction of violating Conn. Gen. Stat. 14-227a(a) and the enhancement of his sentence under Conn. Gen. Stat. 14-227a(g), holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying a motion to intervene on the grounds that it was untimely, holding that the proposed intervenors were not entitled to relief on their claim of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that Plaintiff's motion to open and set aside a final judgment of divorce should have been denied instead of dismissed, holding that New York's…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in favor of Plaintiffs in this action for a declaratory judgment to determine whether Plaintiffs were obligated to defend and indemnify Defendant under insurance…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the judgment of the trial court denying a property owner's motion for summary judgment in the underlying dispute with a contractor arising from a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a minor and two counts of risk of injury to a child, holding that the trial court improperly failed to order that certain…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court in this action to recover damages for Defendants' alleged medical malpractice affirming the trial court's judgment granting Defendants' motion to dismiss,…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of Insurer in this action brought to determine whether business losses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic were covered by…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in this dispute over whether a property insurance policy providing coverage for "direct physical loss of or physical damage to" covered property provided…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and the controversy over whether a mandate should be implemented requiring the state's schoolchildren to wear masks while in school, holding…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to suppress statements he had made during two separately recorded interrogations of him by police officers, holding that the trial…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the decision of the appellate court affirming the order of the trial court rendering summary judgment in favor of Defendants in a tort action on the grounds that the claims were barred…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the habeas court denying Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Petitioner failed to establish that he was entitled to relief. Petitioner was convicted…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court joining for trial, pursuant to Practice Book 41-19, sexual assault, risk of injury to a child, and strangulation charges with threatening and disorderly conduct…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming the decision of the trial court to deny Defendant's motion to open the judgment and vacated the trial court's judgment of foreclosure by sale in…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court upholding Defendant's conviction of five counts of risk of injury to a child, holding that the trial court properly declined to give the jury a specific…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of sexual assault in the first degree, risk of injury to a child, and conspiracy to commit risk of injury to a…