BENJAMIN v. CORASANITI

(SC 20491).

267 A.3d 108 (2021)

341 Conn. 463

Helen Z. BENJAMIN et al. v. Ralph P. CORASANITI, Trustee, et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released December 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Frederick , Stamford, with whom were David G. Keyko , pro hac vice, and, on the brief, Christopher Fennell , pro hac vice, and Gessi Giarratana , for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Helen Harris , Stamford, with whom, on the brief, were John W. Cerreta , Hartford, Thomas D. Goldberg and Michael Schoeneberger , Stamford, for the appellees (named defendant et al.).

Charles W. Pieterse , with whom were Wyatt R. Jansen , Greenwich, and Lynn K. Neuner , for the appellees (defendant William T. Ziegler et al.).

Frederic S. Ury , with whom, on the brief, was Deborah M. Garskof , Fairfield, for the appellees (defendant Karl H. Ziegler et al.).

Gary W. Hawes , assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were William Tong , attorney general, Clare E. Kindall , solicitor general, and Karen Gano , assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant attorney general).

Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D'Auria, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js.


In July, 2015, Peter M. Ziegler (Peter), a scion of a wealthy Connecticut family, suffered a tragic accident that rendered him a quadriplegic. Approximately one year later, Peter executed a trust instrument to create a charitable trust, Peter's Yellow Submarine Trust, for the purpose of providing financial assistance to other quadriplegics...

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