Legal Opinion
Spears v. Elder
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided October 5, 2010No. AC 30988PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DiPENTIMA, C. J.
This appeal arises from an unusual and unfortunate dispute between two attorneys practicing law in Connecticut. The defendant, Joseph S. Elder, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Wesley S. Spears, following a jury trial. On appeal, Elder claims that the court improperly (1) excluded certain evidence regarding Spears’ reputation and credibility, (2) failed to give a requested instruction on proximate and intervening cause and (3) charged the jury on three different theories of slander per se. With respect to the majority of…
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