Legal Opinion
CFM of Connecticut, Inc. v. Chowdhury
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 3, 1996No. 15334PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The dispositive issue of this certified appeal is whether a definite, unappealed sanctions order by a trial judge, addressed to an attorney and based on the attorney’s bad faith pleading, is a final judgment for purposes of res judicata and, therefore, precludes a subsequent trial judge in the same case from vacating that order. Following our grant of certification to appeal, the sanctioned attorney, John Timbers, appealed1 from the judgment of the Appellate Court. *377The Appellate Court reversed the judgment of the trial court, Holzberg, J., vacating the sanctions order that the court, Susco,…
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