Ames v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles

Decision Date12 September 2002
Citation806 A.2d 1058,261 Conn. 923
CourtConnecticut Supreme Court
PartiesROXANN AMES v. COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Joanne S. Faulkner, in support of the petition.

Jan M. Localio and Gary M. Case, in opposition.

The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 70 Conn. App. 790 (AC 21320), is granted, limited to the following issue:

"Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that, pursuant to General Statutes § 14-52, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover punitive damages and attorney's fees against the surety bond issued by the intervening defendant, Western Surety Company?"

The Supreme Court docket number is SC 16831.

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