Watts v. Chittenden

CourtConnecticut Supreme Court
CitationWatts v. Chittenden, 981 A.2d 1077, 293 Conn. 932 (Conn. 2009)
Decision Date08 October 2009
Docket NumberSC 18474.
PartiesJohn D. WATTS v. Heather CHITTENDEN.

The plaintiff's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 115 Conn.App. 404, 972 A.2d 770 (2009), is granted, limited to the following issues:

"1. Whether the Appellate Court, based on the record before it, properly reversed the trial court's decision by holding that the existence of an original duty must be determined before applying the continuing course of conduct doctrine to toll the statute of limitations in a nonnegligence cause of action for intentional...

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6 cases
  • Village Mortgage Co. v. Veneziano
    • United States
    • Connecticut Superior Court
    • January 25, 2016
    ... ... determination that a duty existed and then a subsequent ... determination of whether that duty is continuing.' ... Watts v. Chittenden , 115 Conn.App. 404, 412, 972 ... A.2d 770, cert. granted on other grounds, 293 Conn. 932, 981 ... A.2d 1077 (2009)." ... ...
  • Village Mortgage Co. v. Veneziano
    • United States
    • Connecticut Superior Court
    • December 23, 2015
    ... ... subsequent determination of whether that duty is ... continuing.' Watts v. Chittenden , 115 Conn.App ... 404, 412, 972 A.2d 770, cert. granted on other grounds, 293 ... Conn. 932, 981 A.2d 1077 (2009)." ... ...
  • D'ANGELO DEVELOP. AND CONST. v. Cordovano
    • United States
    • Connecticut Court of Appeals
    • May 18, 2010
    ...which our review is plenary. See Watts v. Chittenden, 115 Conn.App. 404, 411, 972 A.2d 770, cert. granted on other grounds, 293 Conn. 932, 981 A.2d 1077 (2009). "The essential elements of a cause of action in negligence are well established: duty; breach of that duty; causation; and actual ......
  • Watts v. Chittenden
    • United States
    • Connecticut Supreme Court
    • July 29, 2011
    ...of the continuing course of conduct doctrine to a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress; Watts v. Chittenden, 293 Conn. 932, 981 A.2d 1077 (2009); the real question before us is whether we should extend our application of that doctrine to claims for intentional infliction o......
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