Piantedosi v. Floridia

How courts have described this case

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

• court has discretion in awarding fees where it is aware of counsel’s activities and where it has been advised of time and efforts in preparing case
• court’s discretion in award of attorney’s fees need not “be based on factual evidence in the transcript”; trial court’s “[awareness] of the activities of counsel during the course of . . . trial,” supported its valuation of reasonable attorney’s fees

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Appliances, Inc. v. Yost
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-13· cited 107×
• Esposito v. Wethered
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1985-08-06· cited 106×
• Bizzoco v. Chinitz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-05-29· cited 93×
• Jewett v. Jewett
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-09-09· cited 76×
• Smith v. Snyder
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-01-27· cited 73×
• Grayson v. Grayson
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1985-06-18· cited 62×
• Loda v. H. K. Sargeant & Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-10· cited 51×
• Crest Plumbing & Heating Co. v. DiLoreto
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-09-22· cited 45×
• Colonial Plumbing & Heating Supply Co. v. Contemporary Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-08-23· cited 44×
• Rego v. Connecticut Insurance Placement Facility
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-06-18· cited 34×
• Leabo v. Leninski
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1984-11-27· cited 26×
• Matter of Salisbury
  D. Connecticut· 1985-08-21· cited 18×
• Shapero v. Mercede
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-11-05· cited 18×
• In Re Rubenstein
  D. Connecticut· 1989-10-03· cited 17×
• Balboni v. Stonick
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1984-09-11· cited 17×
• DeJesus v. Craftsman Machinery Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1988-10-04· cited 16×
• Jazlowiecki v. Cyr
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1985-05-21· cited 15×
• Bank of Boston Connecticut v. Brewster
  Connecticut Superior Court· 1992-09-10· cited 11×
• Machado v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2017-07-25· cited 11×
• Ottaviani v. Pechi
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1988-10-25· cited 10×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-06-17· cited 694×
• DeLuca v. C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-04-10· cited 86×
• Healy v. White
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-09-06· cited 75×
• Storm Associates, Inc. v. Baumgold
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-02-09· cited 62×
• Kukanskis v. Jasut
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-07-01· cited 51×
• Hoenig v. Lubetkin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-02-20· cited 49×
• Hirsch v. Thrall
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1961-03-21· cited 24×