Bell v. Hospital of Saint Raphael

Connecticut’s judiciary serves the interests of justice and the public by “resolving matters brought before it in a fair, timely, efficient and open manner.” Connecticut Judicial Branch, Mission Statement, available at http://www.jud.ct.gov/. This policy finds its genealogy in the constitution of Connecticut which provides, in article first, § 10: “All courts shall be open, and every person, for an injury done to him in his person, property or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial or delay.” Decisional law amplifies this…