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HIGGINS v. KARP

(SC 15435), (SC 15441)

243 Conn. 495 (1998)

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 20, 1998.

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, as administrator of the estate of Robert Freeman).

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

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

Opinion

NORCOTT, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court, in the hearing required by our remand in Higgins v. Karp, 239 Conn. 802, 811, 687 A.2d 539 (1997), properly excluded additional evidence on the issue of whether good cause existed to set aside defaults against Drzislav Coric, the administrator of the estate of Robert Freeman (hereafter referred to as the

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