Spencer v. Star Steel Structures, Inc.

Opinion

PETERS, J.

This case concerns the validity of a judgment awarding damages for losses associated with the purchase of a greenhouse that, because of a design defect, partially collapsed in a windstorm. The principal claim in two appeals by the seller and the manufacturer of the greenhouse is that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction either to render a judgment in favor of the buyer or to grant the buyer a prejudgment remedy. This claim is based on the novel proposition that a jurisdictional inference should be drawn from General Statutes § 42a-2-607 (3),1 which requires a…