McDonnell v. Roberts

Citations

• 224 Conn. App. 388

Syllabus

The plaintiff sought to recover damages from the defendants for, inter alia, their alleged legal malpractice in connection with their representation of the plaintiff during her prior marital dissolution proceedings. The plaintiff, who initially was self-represented, commenced the action in June, 2020. In September, 2020, the defendants served a set of interroga- tories and requests for production on the plaintiff and also filed a request to revise the complaint. In October, 2020, the defendants filed a motion for a judgment of nonsuit based on the plaintiff's failure to respond to their request to revise. In November, 2020, the defendants filed another motion for a judgment of nonsuit on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to respond to their interrogatories and requests for production. In December, 2020, an attorney, M, filed an appearance on behalf of the plaintiff and requested a thirty day continuance to respond to the defendants' requests to revise and for discovery. The trial court granted the request. In February, 2021, the defendants again moved for a judg- ment of nonsuit in light of the plaintiff's failure to file a revised complaint and to respond to their discovery requests. The plaintiff did not file an objection to that motion. In March, 2021, the trial court issued an order in connection with the February, 2021 motion for a judgment of nonsuit, indicating that the plaintiff had thirty days to file a revised complaint and responses to the defendants' discovery requests or the defendants could file another motion for a judgment of nonsuit that would be granted by the trial court. In April, 2021, the plaintiff filed a revised complaint but did not file a notice of compliance with discovery. In May, 2021, the defendants filed another motion for a judgment of nonsuit, as the plaintiff had failed to respond to discovery pursuant to the trial court's March, 2021 order. The plaintiff filed a notice of compliance with discovery in June, 2021, which the de