Legal Opinion
Walworth v. Hartford Hospital
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided October 2, 1990No. 8599PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNorcott, J.
The plaintiffs, Kirk Walworth and Joyce Walworth, appeal from the judgment rendered following the trial court’s granting of the defendant Hartford Hospital’s motion to dismiss and the defendant Herrick Ridlon’s motion to strike. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether an action dismissed for failure to file a memorandum in opposition to a motion to dismiss can be reinstituted under General Statutes § 52-592, the accidental failure of suit statute.
*405This case arises from a complex set of procedural facts. In July, 1986, Clarence Walworth and his wife Joyce instituted an action against…
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