Barbee v. Atlantic Marine Sales & Service, Inc.

McCRODDEN, Judge.

This case tests the propriety of (I) the trial court’s instructions to the jury, (II) its submission to the jury of issues of unfair and deceptive acts or practices under Chapter 75 of the General Statutes, (III) the court’s award of attorney’s fees under the same chapter, (IV) its refusal to dismiss plaintiff’s action on the basis that the statute of limitations had run, and (V) the amount of damages the trial court ordered it to pay.

The pertinent facts in this case are as follows. In 1985, defendant manufactured and sold to Atlantic a model 285-B boat hull, a 28-foot craft…