AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER v. PAGANO

No. 24447.

866 A.2d 698 (2005)

87 Conn.App. 474

AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER v. Gail M. PAGANO et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Wright, Milford, for the appellant (named defendant).

Peter A. Ventre, Hartford, for the appellee (substitute plaintiff).

SCHALLER, DRANGINIS and BERDON, Js.


Opinion

DRANGINIS, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a corporation that brings an action solely in its trade name, without the corporation itself being named as a party, has standing so as to confer jurisdiction on the court. We conclude that, because a trade name is not an entity with legal capacity to sue, the corporation has no standing to litigate the merits of the case. We, therefore, reverse the judgment of the trial court....

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