Dreier v. Upjohn Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that factual allegations in pleadings upon which a cause of action is tried are judicial admissions
• allowing introduction of original complaint, which was later amended, as an evidentiary admission, finding that pleading rules do not exempt parties from the requirement that they must have a reasonable belief in the truth of the matters asserted in a complaint
• Superseded or abandoned pleadings are admissible as an admission as long as plaintiff has an opportunity to explain why pleadings were abandoned.
• “[factual allegations contained in pleadings upon which the cause is tried are considered judicial admissions and hence irrefutable as long as they remain in the case”
• “statements in withdrawn or superseded pleadings, including complaints, may be considered as evidential admissions by the party making them” [emphasis added]
• under our pleading practice, a plaintiff is permitted to advance alternative and even inconsistent theories of liability against one or more defendants in a single complaint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

55 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pratt v. Town of Old Saybrook
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-03-23· cited 166×
• Ferreira v. Pringle
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-02-13· cited 118×
• West Haven Sound Development Corp. v. City of West Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-08-26· cited 109×
• Bennett v. Automobile Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-16· cited 99×
• Hanover Insurance v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-02-05· cited 91×
• Weiss v. Statewide Grievance Committee
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-11-16· cited 71×
• Sharp v. Wyatt, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-07-06· cited 70×
• Hammer v. Mount Sinai Hospital
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1991-09-17· cited 55×
• DeVita v. Esposito
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-12-29· cited 50×
• Mason v. Texaco, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1990-07-06· cited 43×
• Brunswick v. Statewide Grievance Committee
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2007-09-04· cited 31×
• Marrin v. Spearow
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1994-08-09· cited 28×
• State v. Nugent
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-06· cited 26×
• Futterleib v. Mr. Happy's, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1988-10-04· cited 26×
• Gemme v. Goldberg
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-06-01· cited 26×
• Sandella v. Dick Corp.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-05-11· cited 25×
• Campbell v. Town of Plymouth
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2002-12-10· cited 23×
• Johnson v. Schmitz
  D. Connecticut· 2000-09-29· cited 22×
• Benedetto v. Wanat
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-09-02· cited 22×
• Rosa v. Colonial Bank
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-17· cited 20×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brockett v. Jensen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1966-12-13· cited 88×
• Tough v. Ives
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1972-01-26· cited 87×
• Falker v. Samperi
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-06-21· cited 71×
• Schenck v. Pelkey
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-11-21· cited 57×
• Toffolon v. Town of Avon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-10-04· cited 48×
• Teitelman v. Bloomstein
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1967-12-19· cited 34×
• Kucza v. Stone
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1967-05-31· cited 32×
• Bogart v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1973-01-24· cited 29×
• Pyne v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-05-08· cited 16×
• Izzo v. Crowley
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1969-02-26· cited 15×
• Oberempt v. Egri
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-02-27· cited 14×
• Trans Western Leasing Corp. v. Corrao Construction Co.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1982-10-29· cited 10×
• Allen v. Pathmark of Bridgeport, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-09-12· cited 8×
• Connecticut Bank & Trust Co. v. Rivkin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1963-06-11· cited 7×
• DiFederico v. McNamara
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-05-27· cited 5×
• Cramer v. Kolodney & Meyers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1942-12-14· cited 4×