NELSON v. DETTMER

No. 18700.

46 A.3d 916 (2012)

305 Conn. 654

Vayle NELSON et al. v. Karen S. DETTMER et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Rigg , Hartford, for the appellants (defendant John Dempsey Hospital et al.).

Steven D. Ecker , Hartford, with whom were Paul A. Slager , Stamford, and, on the brief, M. Caitlin S. Anderson , for the appellees (plaintiffs).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN, EVELEIGH and HARPER, Js.


McLACHLAN, J.

In this appeal, we must determine whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction and substantive authority to set aside its prior decision granting a motion for summary judgment. The issues on appeal arise out of two reversals of fortune, so to speak, in favor of the named plaintiff, Vayle Nelson (plaintiff), through her parents and next friends, Susan Birk and Glen Nelson, in a medical malpractice action against, inter alia, the defendants...

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