Rabbia v. Rocha

The plaintiff, Salvatore Rabbia, appeals an order of the Superior Court {Sullivan, J.) directing that $37,000 plus interest currently being held in escrow be dispersed to the intervenor, Automotive Finance Corporation, instead of to the plaintiff, and denying the plaintiffs motion for attorney’s fees. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

I. Background

Before going out of business in 2008, the corporate defendant, Harvard Auto Sales, Inc., d/b/a Hitcars.com (Harvard Auto), and its principals, defendants Max E. Rocha and Evangelos Karagianis, were in the salvage motor vehicle business.…