Court Opinion

ID: 9651103
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 16:05:52.697365+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:29.895175
License: Public Domain

STOUGHTON, J.,
concurring. While I agree with the result reached by my colleagues, I write separately sim*699ply to express my disagreement with the criticism of the defendant’s counsel for his transfer of this novel issue from the small claims session of the Superior Court to the regular civil docket pursuant to Practice Book § 24-21. I believe that the defendant, Action Motors Coiporation, an apparently innocent seller that had no knowledge of the salvage history of the vehicle at issue, was entitled to have the plaintiff, Laura Ann Krack, prove her case and had a statutory right to transfer the case to a court of record. I do not join in the criticism of the defendant or the defendant’s attorney expressed by the trial court and quoted in the majority opinion. If this indeed were a relatively clear-cut case, it would be difficult to justify the fees that we have approved. Accordingly, I respectfully concur in the result.