Suarez v. Sordo

Decision Date23 January 1997
Citation688 A.2d 334,240 Conn. 906
CourtConnecticut Supreme Court
PartiesJames SUAREZ v. Alexander J. SORDO et al.

Dale P. Faulkner, New London, in support of the petition.

Michael J. Walsh, Hartford, in opposition.

The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 43 Conn.App. 756, 685 A.2d 1144 (AC 14840), is denied.

BERDON, Associate Justice, dissenting.

I would grant the plaintiff's petition for certification.

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8 cases
  • Tomick v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., AC 32797
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • 22 Maggio 2012
    ...omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Suarez v. Sordo, 43 Conn. App. 756, 759, 685 A.2d 1144 (1996), cert. denied, 240 Conn. 906, 688 A.2d 334 (1997). To the extent that the defendant's claims on appeal present questions of law, our review is plenary. See Bridgeport Harbour Place I, L......
  • Alexander v. Town of Vernon, 25475.
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • 29 Maggio 2007
    ...of the defendants' negligent act or omission. Suarez v. Sordo, 43 Conn.App. 756, 761-62, 685 A.2d 1144 (1996), cert. denied, 240 Conn. 906, 688 A.2d 334 (1997). As our Supreme Court has acknowledged, "[t]he conception of causation in fact extends not only to positive acts and active physica......
  • Villa v. Pascarella, No. CV-04-0489101S (CT 1/31/2006)
    • United States
    • Connecticut Supreme Court
    • 31 Gennaio 2006
    ...omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) Saurez v. Sordo, 43 Conn.App. 756, 762, 685 A.2d 1144 (1996), cert. denied, 240 Conn. 906, 688 A.2d 334 (1997). To find that a property owner's negligence was a substantial factor in bringing about a plaintiff's injuries when those injuries were c......
  • Sargis v. Donahue
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • 14 Maggio 2013
    ...the legal principles of the case can be applied.'' Suarez v. Sordo, 43 Conn. App. 756, 759, 685 A.2d 1144 (1996), cert. denied, 240 Conn. 906, 688 A.2d 334 (1997). The plaintiff claims that in reaching its decision to set aside the jury's verdict, the court used an improper standard of proo......
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