Dowling v. Finley Associates, Inc.

• Decision Date: 15 September 1998
• Citation: 247 Conn. 907,720 A.2d 513
• Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
• Parties: Vincent J. DOWLING, Sr., et al. v. FINLEY ASSOCIATES, INC., et al.

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720 A.2d 513

247 Conn. 907

Vincent J. DOWLING, Sr., et al. v. FINLEY ASSOCIATES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided Sept. 15, 1998.

Richard P. Weinstein and Nathan A. Schatz, West Hartford, in support of the petition.

R. Bartley Halloran, Hartford, in opposition.

The plaintiffs' petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 49 Conn.App. 330, 714 A.2d 694 (1998), is granted, limited to the following issue:

"Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that, with respect to the plaintiffs' 1995 indemnification action, the prior general verdict barred the action because of the doctrine of collateral estoppel?"

The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15998.

PALMER, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition.