Matusz v. Wellmore Behavioral Health, Inc.

Citations

• 234 Conn. App. 581

Syllabus

The plaintiff landlord appealed from the trial court's judgment, rendered after a jury trial, for the defendant tenant on the complaint alleging, inter alia, negligence in connection with a fire that caused damage to the plaintiff's rental property. The plaintiff claimed, inter alia, that the court improperly granted the defendant's motion in limine to preclude certain testimony and evidence of noneconomic damages. Held: This court declined to review the plaintiff's inadequately briefed claim that the trial court improperly failed to provide the plaintiff's requested charge to the jury regarding a landlord's obligations to maintain a leased premises. This court declined to address the plaintiff's claim that the trial court improp- erly granted the defendant's motion in limine, as, even if this court were to assume that the granting of the motion in limine was improper, the plaintiff could not demonstrate harm because his claim applied only to damages and the jury determined that the defendant was not liable for the fire at the plaintiff's property. Argued February 20—officially released August 26, 2025