Dinan v. Marchand

• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Citation: Dinan v. Marchand, 888 A.2d 84, 276 Conn. 917 (Conn. 2005)
• Decision Date: 03 November 2005
• Parties: Althea S. DINAN v. Donat C. MARCHAND, Administrator (Estate of Albert A. Garofalo).

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888 A.2d 84

276 Conn. 917

Althea S. DINAN v. Donat C. MARCHAND, Administrator (Estate of Albert A. Garofalo).

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 3, 2005.

Richard L. Albrecht, Courtney A. George and Barbara M. Schellenberg, Bridgeport, in support of the petition.

W.I. Haslun II and Joyce H. Young, Greenwich, in opposition.

The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 91 Conn.App. 492, 881 A.2d 503 (2005), is granted, limited to the following issue:

"Having determined that the trial court improperly had invoked the rule of Dale's Appeal from Probate, 57 Conn. 127, 17 A. 757 (1888), to exclude evidence in the present case,...