Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1979

The Supreme Court held that the three‑year alimony order is modifiable if a substantial change in circumstances occurs, setting aside the trial court’s conclusion that it was non‑modifiable and remanding for further determination.

The court held that the alimony order was modifiable because its three-year duration did not unambiguously preclude modification upon a substantial change in circumstances. The trial court therefore erred by treating the order as alimony in gross and by refusing to consider whether the plaintiff had shown grounds for…

The Supreme Court of Connecticut vacated the trial court's judgment and remanded for a new trial because the court failed to apply the comparative negligence doctrine to a motor‑vehicle accident involving a private passenger car and a motorcycle, as required by the statutory scheme in effect at the time of the…

The Supreme Court of Connecticut affirmed the dismissal of the mother's appeal from the Juvenile Court's denial of her petition to revoke her daughter's commitment to the commissioner of children and youth services, holding that once a parent proves cause for commitment no longer exists, the state bears the burden of…

The court upheld termination of the plaintiff's alimony because the trial court reasonably found a substantial, unanticipated change in circumstances: the plaintiff was employed, had earning capacity and assets, and no longer had custody or support obligations for the parties' child.

The Supreme Court of Connecticut overruled Marri v. Stamford Street R. Co. (1911) and held that either spouse may maintain an action for loss of consortium arising from a personal injury to the other spouse negligently caused by a third person, adopting the view that consortium is an inseparable 'conceptualistic…