Lemma v. York & Chapel, Corp.

Citations

• 204 Conn. App. 471

Syllabus

The defendant appealed to this court from the judgment of the trial court denying its application to vacate an arbitration award that was rendered against it and granting the application filed by the plaintiff, its former employee, to confirm the award. The plaintiff had claimed that the defendant terminated his employment in violation of a written employ- ment agreement between the parties. During the pendency of the arbitra- tion proceeding, the trial court granted the plaintiff's application for an order pendente lite pursuant to statute (§ 52-422) and for a prejudgment remedy. On appeal, the defendant claimed, inter alia, that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the case was commenced with the application for a prejudgment remedy, and the plaintiff there- after failed to serve and return the summons and complaint to court as required by statute (§ 52-278j). Held that the judgment of the trial court was affirmed, as the statutory (§§ 52-417 and 52-418) requirements rele- vant to the parties' applications to vacate and to confirm the arbitration award clearly were satisfied, the requirements of § 52-278j were inappli- cable to proceedings pursuant to § 52-422, and, as the trial court thor- oughly addressed the arguments raised in this appeal as to the claim that it erred in confirming the arbitration award, this court adopted the trial court's well reasoned decision as a correct statement of the facts and applicable law on the issues. Argued March 10—officially released May 4, 2021