Schoonmaker v. Lawrence Brunoli, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that assignee steps in shoes of assignor and obtains all rights and obligations of assignor, including chose in action, which is “ ‘[t]he right to bring an action to recover a debt, money, or thing’ ”
• stating well established principle that it is appellant’s burden to provide adequate record for review
• applying abuse of discretion standard to amount of attorney’s fees awarded and trial court’s determination of facts that justified award
• declining to consider claims raised for first time on appeal ‘‘because the plaintiffs never properly raised them in the trial court by pleading them in their complaint’’
• double damages under § 31-72 maybe awarded only upon finding of “bad faith, arbitrariness or unreasonableness” [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “[i]t is well established that we review the trial court’s decision to award attorney’s fees for abuse of discretion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Grimm v. Grimm
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-12-13· cited 106×
• Craig Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Viacom Outdoor, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-06-04· cited 88×
• PSE Consulting, Inc. v. Mercede
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-01-13· cited 86×
• Harty v. Cantor Fitzgerald and Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-08-16· cited 74×
• Label Systems Corp. v. Samad Aghamohammadi
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-07-27· cited 70×
• Misthopoulos v. Misthopoulos
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-07-13· cited 63×
• Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2019-03-19· cited 58×
• McCann Real Equities Series XXII, LLC v. David McDermott Chevrolet, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2006-01-31· cited 58×
• Mickey v. Mickey
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-07-21· cited 56×
• Rosado v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-06-02· cited 45×
• Saunders v. Firtel
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2009-09-22· cited 45×
• Robert Occhifinto v. Olivo Construction Co., LLC (073174)
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2015-05-07· cited 43×
• Simms v. Chaisson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-02-21· cited 42×
• Ravetto v. Triton Thalassic Technologies, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-03-04· cited 40×
• State v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-01-20· cited 40×
• ACMAT Corp. v. Greater New York Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-05-29· cited 39×
• Smith v. Town of Greenwich
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-06-06· cited 39×
• Weems v. Citigroup, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-12-30· cited 35×
• C. R. Klewin Northeast, LLC v. City of Bridgeport
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-04-17· cited 35×
• Gilbert v. Beaver Dam Ass'n of Stratford, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2004-10-26· cited 33×

Cites

55 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 38,518×
• Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.
  Supreme Court· 1946-10-14· cited 2,009×
• Sheets v. Teddy's Frosted Foods, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-01-22· cited 532×
• Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1997-08-28· cited 426×
• Bouchard v. People's Bank
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-07-09· cited 383×
• Willow Springs Condominium Ass'n v. Seventh BRT Development Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-06-02· cited 356×
• Gateway Co. v. DiNoia
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-02-14· cited 189×
• Gaudio v. Griffin Health Services Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-07-20· cited 186×
• Ford v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-07-31· cited 163×
• Waterbury Petroleum Products, Inc. v. Canaan Oil & Fuel Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-05-22· cited 132×
• Burnham v. Karl & Gelb, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-02-15· cited 129×
• Potter v. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-27· cited 126×
• CFM of Connecticut, Inc. v. Chowdhury
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-12-03· cited 120×
• State v. Salmon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-10· cited 115×
• Pestey v. Cushman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-02-05· cited 113×
• Rizzo Pool Co. v. Del Grosso
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-02-18· cited 109×
• Cadlerock Properties Joint Venture, L.P. v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-07-18· cited 92×
• Texaco, Inc. v. Golart
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-03-08· cited 85×
• Butler ex rel. Skidmore v. Hartford Technical Institute, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-12-30· cited 85×
• Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Groton
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-11-03· cited 81×