Legal Opinion
Fattibene v. Kealey
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 16, 1989No. 6759PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBorden, J.
The principal issues in this appeal involve the circumstances under which the trial court, in the exercise of its inherent authority, may impose sanctions of attorney’s fees for a course of bad faith pleading. This case is a sequel to our decision in Fattibene v. Kealey, 12 Conn. App. 212, 530 A.2d 206 (1987) (Fat-tibene I). In Fattibene I, the plaintiff appealed from the *346judgment of the trial court, rendered after acceptance of the report of an attorney trial referee, and from an order of the trial court imposing sanctions on the plaintiff and his counsel. We found no error in the judgment…
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