Campanaro v. Jenkins, No. Cv 98-85603 (Apr. 15, 1999)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

Memorandum of Decision

The accidental failure of suit statute, General Statutes § 52-592(a), affords a plaintiff a one year window of opportunity to "commence a new action . . . for the same cause" if a prior action "has failed one or more times to be tried on its merits . . . for any matter of form." In Ruddock v. Burrowes,243 Conn. 569, 706 A.2d 967 (1998), the Supreme Court held that disciplinary dismissals under Practice Book § 14-3 (formerly § 251) are not excluded from the relief afforded by this statute if the…