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GESMONDE, PIETROSIMONE, SGRIGNARI, PINKUS & SACHS v. WATERBURY

(14996)

231 Conn. 745 (1995)

GESMONDE, PIETROSIMONE, SGRIGNARI, PINKUS AND SACHS v. CITY OF WATERBURY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released January 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. McDonough, assistant corporation counsel, with whom, on the brief, were John H. Gorman, assistant corporation counsel, and Pamela J. Irwin, assistant corporation counsel, for the appellant (defendant).

Arthur S. Wells, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., and CALLAHAN, NORCOTT, KATZ and PALMER, JS.

CALLAHAN, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a municipal civil service commission has the implied authority to retain independent outside counsel when an obvious conflict of interest disqualifies the municipality's corporation counsel from representing the commission. The present case involves a claim for attorney's fees allegedly owed to the plaintiff law firm, Gesmonde, Pietrosimone, Sgrignari, Pinkus and Sachs, by the defendant city of Waterbury ...

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