Date: 04-20-1999

Case Style: CAPITOL CITY PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC. v. HARRIET FRANKLIN ET AL.

Case Number: AC 16998

Judge: Robert J. Hale

Court: Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford, Connecticut.

Plaintiff's Attorney: Louis W. Flynn, Jr., Hartford, Connecticut.

Defendant's Attorney: Wesley S. Spears , Hartford, Connecticut.

Description: The plaintiff health care business sought damages for, inter alia, tortious interference with business relations from the defendant Franklin, a former employee, and from the defendant Superlative Home Care Co., a corporation secretly formed to compete with the plaintiff. The defendants filed a counterclaim alleging defamation, violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and vexatious litigation.

Outcome: The trial court rendered judgment for the plaintiff, Capitol City Personnel, on the complaint and on the counterclaim. The trial court found $55,000 to be a reasonable estimate of the plaintiff's loss. The trial court established the same amount of damages for all three causes of action alleged by the plaintiff in its complaint and rendered judgment for all three in the total amount of $55,000, together with reasonable attorney's fees and costs as to the plaintiff's CUTPA cause of action. In a supplemental judgment, the trial court awarded attorney's fees of $21,293 and set costs of $972.82.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: Defendants appealed. The Appellate Court of Connecticut affirmed the trial court judgment. See: 727 A.2nd 1284 (Conn. App. 1999). The date shown above is the date of the appellate court decision and not the trial date. Reported by JAB.