BERNHARD-THOMAS BLDG. SYSTEMS v. DUNICAN

No. 17899.

944 A.2d 329 (2008)

286 Conn. 548

BERNHARD-THOMAS BUILDING SYSTEMS, LLC v. Chet DUNICAN et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Spirer, Westport, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Richard A. Roberts, with whom, on the brief, was Jane S. Bietz, Cheshire, for the appellee (defendant Jacques J. Parenteau).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, KATZ, PALMER and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.


VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The dispositive issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that a prejudgment remedy application is not a civil action for purposes of a subsequent claim for the tort of vexatious litigation. We agree that such an application is not a civil action for purposes of a subsequent claim for vexatious litigation, and accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Appellate Court.

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