Perry Printing Corp. v. Associated Publication Corp.
Perry Printing Corp. v. Associated Publication Corp.
Opinion of the Court
The question posed by this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying the defendant’s motion to open a judgment rendered upon a default. The plaintiff’s suit was brought against the named corporate defendant and an individual defendant. An appearance was filed for both defend
The relevant language of Practice Book § 377 allows the opening of a judgment upon default if any party is prejudiced thereby, “showing reasonable cause, or that a good . . . defense in whole or in part existed at the time of the rendition of such judgment . . . and that the . . . defendant was prevented by mistake, accident or other reasonable cause from . . . appearing to make the same.”
The defendant’s argument rests upon the fact that his counsel inadvertently failed to realize that he was representing the individual defendant. His argument does not suffice for us to find an abuse of discretion of the trial court.
This case is governed by numerous other cases. See Segretario v. Stewart-Warner Corporation, 9 Conn. App. 355, 519 A.2d 76 (1986); Postemski v. Landon, 9 Conn. App. 320, 518 A.2d 674 (1986); Vetter v. Technical Management, Inc., 1 Conn. App. 282, 471 A.2d 653 (1984).
There is no error.
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