Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Automobile Insurance
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided August 24, 1993No. 11636PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLandau, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court challenging that court’s granting of the defendant Automobile Insurance Company of Hartford’s motion to open the judgment and for remittitur. On appeal, the plaintiff Lori Misura claims that the trial court improperly (1) opened the judgment, and (2) ordered a remittitur in the amount of the jury verdict. We reverse the judgment of the trial court on the second claim.1
The following facts are pertinent to this appeal. The plaintiffs, John Bennett and Lori Misura, were injured in an automobile accident with an unidentified hit-and-run…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Covenant Insurance v. CoonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- DuBose v. CarabettaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Thompson & Peck, Inc. v. Harbor Marine Contracting Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Farrell v. St. Vincent's HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Royce v. Town of WestportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bennett v. Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Rosick v. Equipment Maintenance & Service, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1993
- Fahey v. Safeco Insurance of AmericaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Connecticut Bank of Commerce v. GiordanoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Selvaggi v. MironConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
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