ESAW v. FRIEDMAN

(13865)

217 Conn. 553 (1991)

ADRIA ESAW v. STEPHEN C. FRIEDMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released February 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Laccavole, for the appellant (plaintiff).

J. Kevin Golger, for the appellees (defendants).

SHEA, GLASS, HULL, BORDEN and F. X. HENNESSY, Js.


BORDEN, J.

The principal issues of this appeal are whether jurors may be permitted to take notes during a trial and, if so, whether the trial court is required to preserve those notes for purposes of an appeal. We hold that the trial court has discretion to permit note-taking by the jurors, and that the notes are for the confidential use of the jurors only and should not be preserved.

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered upon...

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