Huff v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

The plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s denial of her motion to reinstate a judgment rendered in her favor upon the default of the defendant and from the subsequent dismissal of her action. The basis of the plaintiff’s claim on appeal is that the trial court had no jurisdiction to rule upon the defendant’s motion to open the default judgment, this motion having been filed more than four months after the default judgment was rendered. We find no error.

The following facts are not in dispute. The plaintiff was an employee of the city of New Haven and a member of the defendant union local.…