Opinion
No. 116422
November 22, 1993
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
A motion to strike challenges the legal sufficiency of a complaint, counterclaim cross claim, prayer for relief, answer or special defense. Practice Book 152; Deutsche Bank Co. v. Hermann, 4 CSCR 771 (september ([September] 28, 1989, Cioffi, J.). A disclosure of defense is not a pleading listed in 152 and, therefore, may not be challenged with a motion to strike. Dohn v. Simone, 8 CSCR 879 (July 20, 1993, Lewis, J.); Deutsche Bank Co. v. Hermann, supra, 772, see also Burns v. Bennett, 220 Conn. 162, 167 n. 7, 595 A.2d 877 (1991), citing Jennings v. Parsons, 71 Conn. 413, 42 A. 76 (1899). If a party "`has disclosed as required, and satisfied the court of his belief and good faith and intention to make the defense, then the truth or the legal sufficiency of it should be left to be tried and determined in the ordinary and regular way.'" Cardello v. Brennan, 6 Conn. L. Rptr. 492 (May 29, 1992, Pickett, J.) quoting Jennings v. Parsons, supra, 417-18.
The plaintiff's motion to strike the defendants' disclosure of defense is denied.
/s/ Sylvester SYLVESTER, J.