Legal Opinion
Gagne v. Vaccaro
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 8, 2009No. AC 30427PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BISHOP, J.
In this foreclosure action, the defendant, Enrico Vaccaro, appeals challenging the trial court’s award of appellate attorney’s fees, pursuant to General Statutes § 52-249, to the plaintiff, J. Wilham Gagne, Jr. On appeal, the defendant claims that § 52-249 does not authorize appellate attorney’s fees, and, even if it does, the amount of fees awarded was unreasonable. Although we conclude that § 52-249 does authorize an award of appellate attorney’s fees, because the court improperly denied the defendant an evidentiary hearing to challenge the reasonableness of the fees, we…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Miller v. KirshnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
- Marsh, Day & Calhoun v. SolomonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Crowther v. Gerber Garment Technology, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1986
- Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. SullivanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Gagne v. VaccaroConnecticut Appellate Court · 2015
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