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Coxe v. Driscoll

Appellate Court of Connecticut
May 19, 1987
526 A.2d 534 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987)

Opinion

(4719)

Submitted on briefs April 27, 1987

Decision released May 19, 1987

Petition for a new trial, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of New London, where the court, O'Connell, J., granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and rendered judgment thereon, from which the plaintiff appealed to this court. No error.

The appellant filed a motion for reargument which was denied.

Max F. Brunswick filed a brief for the appellant (plaintiff).

Frank A. Manfredi and Raymond T. Trebisacci filed a brief for the appellees (defendants).


The plaintiff appeals from the granting by the trial court of the defendants' motion for summary judgment. The underlying action was a petition for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence.

The trial court, in its memorandum of decision, concluded that the petition for a new trial was an attempt to retry a prior action for legal malpractice without having taken an appeal from the judgment therein, under the guise of claiming newly discovered evidence. It further concluded that no relevant or material fact was placed in issue, and that the defendant was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

Our review of the record and the affidavits and supporting documents filed with the defendants' motion for summary judgment fully supports the court's finding that there was no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the defendant was entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Strada v. Connecticut Newspapers, Inc., 193 Conn. 313, 317, 477 A.2d 1005 (1984); Town Bank Trust Co. v. Benson, 176 Conn. 304, 309, 407 A.2d 971 (1978).


Summaries of

Coxe v. Driscoll

Appellate Court of Connecticut
May 19, 1987
526 A.2d 534 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987)
Case details for

Coxe v. Driscoll

Case Details

Full title:RUTH B. COXE, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF SAMUEL COXE) v. JOHN C. DRISCOLL…

Court:Appellate Court of Connecticut

Date published: May 19, 1987

Citations

526 A.2d 534 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987)
526 A.2d 534

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