The state’s highest court held that trial courts must interpret utility rate settlement agreements for ambiguity before deferring to agency discretion, remanding a dispute over $17 million in storm recovery costs.
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that trial courts must interpret utility settlement agreements de novo to determine if they are ambiguous before deferring to a regulatory agency’s interpretation, reversing a lower court that had deferred to the Public...
The Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment in a dispute over a motor vehicle deficiency balance, holding that claims under the Uniform Commercial Code and state consumer finance law are not subject to a one-year...
The Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a trial court’s summary judgment in favor of Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union, holding that the one-year statute of limitations for penal statutes does not apply to damages claims under Article 9 of the Uniform...
The Connecticut Supreme Court reversed a trial court’s summary judgment ruling in Connex Credit Union v. Madgic, holding that the three-year statute of limitations for tort actions, rather than the one-year period for penal statutes, governs...
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that an employer's workers' compensation lien under General Statutes § 31-293 (a) extends to tort settlement proceeds attributable to a deceased worker's nonoccupational asbestos exposure, not just the portion tied to...