IVEY, BARNUM & O'MARA v. INDIAN HARBOR PROPERTIES, INC.

(11050)

190 Conn. 528 (1983)

IVEY, BARNUM & O'MARA v. INDIAN HARBOR PROPERTIES, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released June 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Douglas Shrader, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph C. Gasparrini, for the appellants (defendants).

Samuel J. Tedesco, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph R. Tedesco, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Robert M. Langer and David E. Ormstedt, assistant attorneys general, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph I. Lieberman, attorney general, filed a brief as amici curiae.

PETERS, PARSKEY, SHEA, SPONZO and SPADA, JS.


PETERS, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is the extent to which Connecticut's Unfair Trade Practices Act; General Statutes §§ 42-110a through 42-110q (CUTPA, the act); provides a cause of action to clients of a law firm contesting a law firm's suit to collect legal fees. The plaintiff, Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara, a partnership organized for the practice of law, brought an action to recover the reasonable...

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