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HIGGINS v. KARP

(15435), (15441)

239 Conn. 802 (1997)

THERESA HIGGINS, ADMINISTRATRIX (ESTATE OF STEPHANIE FREEMAN), ET AL. v. HERBERT KARP, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF ETHEL KARP), ET AL. HERBERT KARP, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF ETHEL KARP) v. DRZISLAV CORIC, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF ROBERT FREEMAN)

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released January 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Susan M. Cormier and Paul A. Lange, for the appellant (defendant Drzislav Coric, administrator of the estate of Robert Freeman).

Eric P. Smith, with whom were Stephen I. Traub, David Thomas Ryan and, on the brief, Bradford S. Babbitt, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Carolyn K. Querijero, assistant attorney general, filed a brief for the attorney general as amicus curiae.

Steven D. Ecker filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Jack G. Steigelfest filed a brief for the Connecticut Defense Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Berdon, Norcott, Katz, Palmer and McDonald, JS.

NORCOTT, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is the extent to which the trial court, in ruling on motions to set aside defaults entered against the defendant for failure to plead, may attribute the conduct of the defendant's insurer to the defendant. The appeal of the defendant Drzislav Coric, the administrator of the estate of Robert Freeman, arises from the April 12, 1993 crash of a Piper aircraft en route from Groton, Connecticut, to Cortland, New York. The...

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