Fonck v. Town of Stratford

The plaintiffs1 appeal from the trial court’s judgment for the defendants. They claim that the trial court failed (1) to give a Secondino charge2 regarding one of the defendants, Thomas Knowles,3 (2) to allow the introduction of depositions into evidence, and (3) to give a cautionary instruction concerning an improper closing argument made by the defendants’ counsel. We agree with the plaintiffs’ third claim and therefore reverse. Because our decision regarding the third claim is dispositive of the case and the other two claims may not arise again in a new trial; see State v. Plourde, 208…