Rotophone, Inc. v. Danbury Hospital

The plaintiffs appeal from the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of the defendant on the two counts of the plaintiffs’ complaint. The plaintiffs Rotophone, Inc., and Delong Answerphone, Inc., operate telephone answering services in the city of Danbury.1 Prior to 1982, the plaintiffs provided telephone answering services to the defendant Danbury Hospital for its staff physicians. In 1982, Dan-bury Hospital commenced operation of a telephone answering service for its medical staff.

The plaintiffs allege in the first count of their complaint that the defendant’s operation of a…