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RUDDOCK v. BURROWES

(SC 15584)

243 Conn. 569 (1998)

ROHAN RUDDOCK ET AL. v. DONNETTE BURROWES ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released January 27, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry D. Marcus, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Deborah L. Bradley, for the appellees (defendants).

Callahan, C. J., and Berdon, Norcott, Katz and Peters, JS.

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The accidental failure of suit statute, General Statutes § 52-592 (a)1 affords a plaintiff a one year window of opportunity to "commence a new action... for the same cause" if a prior action "has failed... to be tried on its merits ... for any matter of form...." The question in this certified appeal is whether a disciplinary dismissal properly may be characterized as a dismissal as a "matter of...

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