Conn. Hous. Fin. Auth. v. Alfaro

**136In this certified appeal, we are tasked with determining whether, pursuant to General Statutes § 42-150bb,1 a defendant may be awarded attorney's fees when the plaintiff withdraws an action as a matter of *1148right pursuant to General Statutes § 52-80.2 The plaintiff, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, had obtained a promissory note guaranteeing the payment of $216,500 by the named defendant, Asdrubal Alfaro.3 **137After the defendant failed to make the required payments on the note, the plaintiff filed a foreclosure action. When the action had been pending for almost one year, the…