ROSADO v. BRIDGEPORT ROMAN CATHOLIC

Nos. 17059, 17060.

884 A.2d 981 (2005)

276 Conn. 168

George ROSADO et al. v. BRIDGEPORT ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN CORPORATION et al. J. Knecht v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation et al. In re Application of the New York Times Company for Order Vacating Protective Orders and Requiring Filing of Discovery Materials.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph G. Elliot, Hartford, for the appellant in Docket No. SC 17059 (The Hartford Courant Company).

Jonathan M. Albano, pro hac vice, with whom were James S. Rollins, Boston, MA, and, on the brief, Kimberly M. White, Hartford, for the appellants in Docket No. SC 17060 (The New York Times Company et al.).

John B. Farley, with whom were Ralph W. Johnson III and, on the brief, Joseph T. Sweeney, Hartford, James F. Stapleton and James V. Somers, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

Robert G. Golger, Fairfield, for the appellees (defendant Charles Carr et al.).

John F. Conway, with whom was W. Glen Pierson, Wallingford, for the appellees (John Doe I et al.).

SULLIVAN, C.J., and PALMER, VERTEFEUILLE, ZARELLA and LICARI, Js.


PALMER, J.

Under General Statutes § 52-212a,1 a civil judgment or decree may not be opened or set aside more than four months after it has been rendered unless the trial court has continuing jurisdiction over the case in which the judgment or decree has been rendered.2 This certified appeal presents an important issue of first impression, namely, whether under § 52-212a, a trial court has continuing...

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