Legal Opinion
Estela v. Bristol Hospital, Inc.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 9, 2018No. AC38813PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarper, J.
This appeal is the latest installment in a long and protracted litigation between the parties. The plaintiff, Jose Estela, a physician, appeals from the trial court's judgment that his case could not be maintained under the accidental failure of suit statute, General Statutes § 52-592(a), 1 because his first action against the defendant, Bristol Hospital, Inc., was dismissed for "serious disciplinary reasons" and not as a matter of form. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that (1) the defendant waived the right to challenge the applicability of § 52-592(a) ; (2)
the court incorporated a different…
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