CFM OF CONNECTICUT, INC. v. CHOWDHURY

(15334)

239 Conn. 375 (1996)

CFM OF CONNECTICUT, INC. v. TAUFIQUL CHOWDHURY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Timbers, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Karen Keefe Clark, with whom, on the brief, were Frank G. Usseglio and Irene E. Magish, for the appellee (named defendant).

Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and Peters, JS.


BORDEN, J.

The dispositive issue of this certified appeal is whether a definite, unappealed sanctions order by a trial judge, addressed to an attorney and based on the attorney's bad faith pleading, is a final judgment for purposes of res judicata and, therefore, precludes a subsequent trial judge in the same case from vacating that order. Following our grant of certification to appeal, the sanctioned attorney, John Timbers, appealed1...

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