Legal Opinion
Bowman v. 1477 Central Avenue Apartments, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 21, 1987No. 12992PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue on this appeal is whether the defendants implicitly consented to the reference of their case to an attorney referee by failing to object to the reference until after the referee had rendered his decision. The plaintiff, Andrew B. Bowman, brought an action in three counts against the defendants, 1477 Central Apartments, Inc. (1477 Central), and John C. Mandanici, Jr., president of 1477 Central. The action sought damages for the defendants’ refusal to pay legal fees that they allegedly owed the plaintiff. The case was referred to attorney Phillip Baroff, an attorney referee…
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