Legal Opinion
Ruddock v. Burrowes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 27, 1998No. SC 15584PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
The accidental failure of suit statute, General Statutes § 52-592 (a)1 affords a plaintiff a one year window of opportunity to “commence a new action . . . for the same cause” if a prior action “has failed ... to be tried on its merits ... for any matter of form . . . .” The question in this certified appeal is whether a disciplinary dismissal properly may be characterized as a dismissal as a “matter of form.” We conclude that the answer to this question depends upon the nature and the extent of the conduct that led to the disciplinary dismissal.
In their original action, as…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Batick v. SeymourSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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