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GOULD, LARSON, BENNET, WELLS v. PANICO

No. 17279.

869 A.2d 653 (2005)

273 Conn. 315

GOULD, LARSON, BENNET, WELLS AND MCDONNELL, P.C., et al. v. Joseph A. PANICO et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Piombino, Madison, for the appellant (defendant Iris N. Panico).

John S. Bennet, Essex, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

SULLIVAN, C.J., and BORDEN, KATZ, PALMER and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

The principal issue on appeal is whether, in the context of a will contest, the exception to the attorney-client privilege, as recognized by this court in Doyle v. Reeves, 112 Conn. 521, 152 A. 882 (1931), that communications between a decedent and the attorney who drafted the executed will may be disclosed, applies when the communications do not result in an executed will. Specifically...

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