49 Conn. App. 501 | Conn. App. Ct. | 1998
Opinion
The plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s judgment denying the motion to open the judgment of dismissal, which was rendered for failure to prosecute. The plaintiff appealed to the trial court from an administrative decision of the state plumbing and
On August 1,1997, the plaintiff filed a motion to open the judgment of dismissal on the ground that there were deficiencies in the transcript of the administrative hearing that had to be corrected before a brief could be filed. The trial court reviewed the transcript and concluded that although it contained deficiencies, it did in fact present a record of the hearing. The trial court also noted that the plaintiff had over one year in which to move to correct the record, but failed to do so.
In an appeal from a denial of a motion to open a judgment, our review is limited to the issue of whether the trial court has acted unreasonably and in clear abuse
The judgment is affirmed.
The board is an agency of the defendant, the department of consumer protection.
Practice Book § 257 (a), now Practice Book (1998 Rev.) § 14-7 (a), provides in relevant part: “[I]n an administrative appeal . . . the plaintiffs brief shall be filed within thirty days after the filing of the defendant’s answer or the return of the record; whichever is later; and the defendant’s brief shall be filed within thirty days of the plaintiffs brief. ... A motion for extension of time within which to file the return of record, the answer, or any brief shall be made to the court before the due date of the filing which is the subject of the motion. ... If a party fails timely to file the record, answer, or brief in compliance with this paragraph, the court may, on its own motion or on motion of one of the parties, and after hearing, make such order as the ends of justice require. Such orders may include but are not limited to the following or any combination thereof . . .
“(ii) If the party not in compliance is the plaintiff, an order dismissing the appeal . . . .”