Connecticut Supreme Court Decisions 2020
Date: December 28, 2020
Docket Number: SC20245
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the district court denying Father's motion to dismiss a petition to adjudicate a newborn child neglected on the basis of "predictive neglect" when the parents relocated to another…
Date: December 1, 2020
Docket Number: SC20277
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming Defendant's conviction of breach of the peace in the second degree, criminal mischief in the third degree, and threatening in the second degree,…
Date: November 24, 2020
Docket Number: SC20170
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court granting in part Plaintiffs' motion to dismiss Defendants' appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered following a jury verdict in favor of…
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Number: SC20182
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the Appellate Court summarily dismissing Defendants' appeal challenging the priority of Plaintiff's mortgage over Defendants' mortgage for want of a final judgment, holding that a…
Date: November 17, 2020
Docket Numbers: SC20237, SC20238, SC20239
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the trial court sustaining in part and dismissing in part Lime Rock Park, LLC's appeal from the adoption of the Planning Zoning Commission of the…
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: SC20200
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in favor of Defendants, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim International, GmbH, on claims brought by Plaintiff, the executrix of…
Date: November 10, 2020
Docket Number: SC20384
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the trial court denying Plaintiff's motion to substitute the coexecutors of the estate of Defendant, her former husband, in his place, holding that the trial court erred…
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: SC20344
Justia Opinion Summary: In this medical malpractice action the Supreme Court dismissed this appeal insofar as Defendants challenged the subject matter jurisdiction of the trial court to open and vacate the final judgment of dismissal, holding…
Date: November 3, 2020
Docket Number: SC20390
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: SC20181
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dissolution of marriage action, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the trial court's judgment of civil contempt rendered against Plaintiff, holding that the Appellate Court…
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: SC20225
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court in favor of Defendants on numerous tort claims following an unsuccessful pelvic mesh surgery, holding that the…
Date: October 27, 2020
Docket Number: SC20257
Justia Opinion Summary: In this action for constructive discharge, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the trial court's judgment granting Defendant's motion to strike, holding that Plaintiff's complaint…
Date: October 20, 2020
Docket Numbers: SC20208, SC20209
Justia Opinion Summary: In this declaratory action concerning the per stirpes distribution of two family trusts the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court rendering summary judgment for Defendants, the trustees of the trusts and…
Date: October 20, 2020
Docket Number: SC20341
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss the murder and tampering with physical evidence charges against her, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion…
Date: October 13, 2020
Docket Number: SC20070
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's judgment convicting Defendant's criminal possession of a firearm and having a weapon in a motor vehicle, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the…
Date: August 11, 2020
Docket Number: SC19048
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this petition for certification to appeal from an order of the Appellate Court affirming the order of the trial court denying Defendant's motion for bond modification, holding that three…
Date: July 28, 2020
Docket Number: SC20198
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming Defendant's conviction for carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit, in violation of Conn. Gen. Stat. 29-35(a), holding that there was…
Date: July 21, 2020
Docket Numbers: SC19979, SC19982, SC19981
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgments of the Appellate Court determining that it was required to apply State v. Hossan-Maxwell, Inc., 436 A.2d 284 (Conn. 1980), to this case, holding that Hossan-Maxwell, Inc. is…
Date: July 14, 2020
Docket Number: SC20104
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the trial court's dismissal of Petitioner's petition for a new trial brought against Respondent, the state's attorney, as time barred, holding that…
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: SC19978
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the determination of the trial court that the collapse provisions of Insured's homeowners insurance policy unambiguously foreclosed coverage under the circumstances of this case, holding that…
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: SC20149
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reformulated a certified question concerning the application of Connecticut insurance law in this action to recover damages for, among other things, breach of an insurance contract, concluding that the…
Date: July 7, 2020
Docket Number: SC20178
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered certified questions concerning the application of Connecticut insurance law in this action to recover damages for, among other things, breach of an insurance contract, concluding that the…
Date: April 7, 2020
Docket Number: SC20233
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the habeas court denying Petitioner's amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that the Appellate Court improperly…
Date: March 24, 2020
Docket Number: SC20132
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to suppress photographs and videos of suspected child pornography that the police recovered from computer equipment and other media…
Date: March 17, 2020
Docket Number: SC20285
Justia Opinion Summary: In this negligence action, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Appellate Court declining to review Plaintiff's claim that the trial court improperly rejected her request to instruct the jury that Defendants…
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number: SC20244
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Compensation Review Board, which vacated the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commissioner dismissing Plaintiff's claim for benefits brought pursuant to Conn. Gen.…
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number: SC20256
Justia Opinion Summary: In this medical malpractice case, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Plaintiffs' motion to set aside the jury's verdict in favor of Defendants, holding that the trial court improperly…
Date: March 10, 2020
Docket Number: SC20319
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Compensation Review Board, which reversed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Commissioner denying benefits to Plaintiff pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. 7-433c(a),…
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: SC20168
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court convicting Defendant of assault in the first degree, holding that the trial court did not err in denying Defendant's motions seeking public funds to pay for a…
Date: March 3, 2020
Docket Number: SC20193
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the appellate court affirming Defendant's conviction of one count of murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder, and four counts of assault in the first degree, holding…
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: SC19899
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and related crimes, holding that any violation of Defendant's right to confrontation was harmless…
Date: February 25, 2020
Docket Number: SC20122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the appellate court concluding that a motor vehicle accident occurred on the last day of the thirty-day limitation period of Conn. Gen. Stat. 14-60(a) because the day during…
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: SC20124
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the habeas court, which dismissed Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the…
Date: February 18, 2020
Docket Number: SC20186
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming Defendant's conviction of felony murder, robbery in the first degree, and conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, holding that Defendant…
Date: February 11, 2020
Docket Number: SC20146
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court dissolving Plaintiff's marriage to Defendant, holding that the trial court did not err. After a dissolution trial, the trial court ordered Defendant to pay…
Date: February 4, 2020
Docket Number: SC20243
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying certain defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' complaint, holding that Defendants were not entitled to sovereign immunity. Plaintiffs, the parents of…
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: SC20083
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming Defendant's judgment of conviction and remanded the case for a new trial, holding that the admission of certain testimony during trial violated…
Date: January 28, 2020
Docket Number: SC20141
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the habeas court dismissing, sua sponte, Petitioner's pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus without first acting on…
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: SC19868
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of conviction of felony murder, attempt to commit robbery, and other offenses, holding that Defendant was not harmed when the State,…
Date: January 21, 2020
Docket Number: SC20079
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court granting Defendant's motion for summary judgment in this action to recover damages for, among other things, violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade…
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Number: SC20058
Justia Opinion Summary: In this postdissolution matter the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the decision of the trial court granting Defendant's motion for sanctions and for contempt, holding that there was…
Date: January 14, 2020
Docket Numbers: SC20188, SC20189
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the Appellate Court reversing the judgment of the trial court ordering strict foreclosure, holding that the Appellate Court erred in concluding that an initial entry…
Date: January 7, 2020
Docket Number: SC20267
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights as to his child, holding that Father's parental rights were properly…
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