Legal Opinion
Verspyck v. Franco
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 24, 2004No. AC 23813PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
General Statutes § 52-568 (1) permits a party to a civil action who has been wrongfully sued to recover double damages on the ground of vexatious litigation.1 The trial court held that the plaintiffs met their burden of showing lack of probable cause for the initiation of the earlier litigation. The principal issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly rejected the *648present defendant’s special defense of reliance on the advice of counsel. We disagree with the court’s holding. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment and direct the entry of judgment for the present…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- DeLaurentis v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- Ancona v. Manafort Bros.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- Shea v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2001
3Cited by5 opinions
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