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COSGROVE DEVELOPMENT CO. v. CAFFERTY

179 Conn. 670 (1980)

COSGROVE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC., ET AL. v. FRANCIS J. CAFFERTY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Trotta, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Kathryn Emmett and Gerald T. Weiner, with whom were Henry W. O'Brien, and, on the brief, Richard J. Shapiro, for the appellees (defendants Edward Cope et al.).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, PETERS and PARSHEY, JS.

PER CURIAM.

In this action for vexatious suit and for tortious interference with a contractual relationship, which the plaintiffs claimed to the jury, the trial court bifurcated the issues and ordered the question of lack of probable cause1 tried to the court. Thereafter the court dismissed the action for failure of the plaintiffs to make out a prima facie case.

Probable cause is the...

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