Richardson v. Semple

Syllabus

The proposed intervenor, A Co., appealed from the trial court's judgment denying its motion to intervene in the underlying action for the limited purpose of litigating the issue of whether a certain video recording filed as an exhibit to the defendants' memorandum of law in support of their motion for summary judgment should be sealed pursuant to our rule of practice (§ 11-20A) governing the disclosure of court filings to the public. A Co. claimed that it had a specific, personal and legal interest in the issue of whether the video recording may be lawfully sealed. Held: The trial court's denial of A Co.'s motion to intervene was not a final judgment for purposes of this appeal, as A Co. failed to make a colorable claim of intervention as of right; accordingly, this court dismissed the appeal. Argued October 6—officially released December 9, 2025